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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Histrionic (0.02951 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Histrionic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: histrionic
histrionic
adj : characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often
affected;
“histrionic gestures”;
“an attitude of
melodramatic despair”;
“a theatrical pose” [syn:
melodramatic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Histrionic
Histrionic
\His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical
\His`tri*on"ic*al\, a.
[L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See
Histrion.]
1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a
theatre; theatrical.
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2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes
used in a bad sense. --
His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De
Quincey.
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