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histrionics::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | representation, theatrical, theatrical performance |
| Type of | performance, public presentation |
| Has types | matinee |
| Derivation | histrionic |
histrionics::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | display |
Examples of histrionics
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It's way, way more than their histrionics would lead the rest of us to believe.
From the post-gazette.com
None of it in any form that would be recognizable based on Palin's histrionics.
From the scienceblogs.com
Some stand around casually declaiming while others resort to bug-eyed histrionics.
From the express.co.uk
There were no histrionics and no demonstrations of anger or sorrow for the cameras.
From the independent.co.uk
I don't think people are impressed with histrionics, with wild gesticulating.
From the time.com
Given Campbell's well-documented fondness for histrionics, she's hardly a safe bet.
From the independent.co.uk
The result was agonizing indigestion, which encouraged hibernation, not histrionics.
From the newsweek.com
She is a pianist's pianist, who gets everything right with zero histrionics.
From the thestate.com
It's all soap-opera histrionics and historical hash, and the writing is the culprit.
From the bostonherald.com
- Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
- (histrionics) a deliberate display of emotion for effect
- (Histrionics (album)) Histrionics is the debut full-length studio album by the American emo band The Higher, released on May 3, 2005.SmartPunk.com The album cover is a tribute for Pearl Jam's Vitalogy.
- Of, or relating to actors or acting; Excessively dramatic or emotional
- (histrionics) Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics
- (histrionics) theatrics, over-reacting
