histrionic [adjective]: overly emotional or dramatic in behavior or speech.
Example: Given his talent for histrionics, we expected him to join politics!
Related words: histrionically [adverb], histrionic [noun], histrionical [adjective]
Synonyms: artificial, exaggerated, hypocritical, melodramatic, overdramatic, overemotional, stagy, theatrical
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