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. [1913 Webster] 2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]