overdramatic
adjective
over·dra·mat·ic
ˌō-vər-drə-ˈma-tik 
: excessively dramatic : melodramatic
… true crime shows, complete with overdramatic narrators …—
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Lauren Zupkus… [scammers] will post links with shocking or overdramatic headlines …—Kirstin Davis
Kirstin Davis… I was told that there was nothing wrong, everyone was dealing with the same thing, and I was just being overdramatic.—Ellen Scott
Ellen Scott
overdramatically
adverb
crying overdramatically
read from the script overdramatically
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Okay, that’s probably a bit overdramatic, but the 27-year-old model did break a yearly fall beauty tradition.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2024
Instead, as Girlie (ugh) and Clark settle into their ride — much of it set to a bracingly overdramatic score from Dickon Hinchcliffe, all of it impressively designed to fit inside Clark’s beat up cab — the two start to test each other.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
Their economic status grants them permission to carry out overdramatic displays of emotion, to perform self-victimization and, eventually, to exonerate themselves for their crimes.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
In Miss Manners’ estimation, your mistake is two-fold: caring that much about your mother-in-law’s overdramatic errand announcement, and then trying to validate your hurt feelings through social media.
—Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
In Miss Manners’ estimation, your mistake is twofold: caring that much about your mother-in-law’s overdramatic errand announcement, and then trying to validate your hurt feelings through social media.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
Every holiday was super overdramatic.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
The story is soapy, but not overdramatic.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020
Okay, so that’s a bit overdramatic.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2024
Instead, as Girlie (ugh) and Clark settle into their ride — much of it set to a bracingly overdramatic score from Dickon Hinchcliffe, all of it impressively designed to fit inside Clark’s beat up cab — the two start to test each other.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 June 2024
Their economic status grants them permission to carry out overdramatic displays of emotion, to perform self-victimization and, eventually, to exonerate themselves for their crimes.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
In Miss Manners’ estimation, your mistake is two-fold: caring that much about your mother-in-law’s overdramatic errand announcement, and then trying to validate your hurt feelings through social media.
—Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023
In Miss Manners’ estimation, your mistake is twofold: caring that much about your mother-in-law’s overdramatic errand announcement, and then trying to validate your hurt feelings through social media.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
Every holiday was super overdramatic.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
The story is soapy, but not overdramatic.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020
Okay, so that’s a bit overdramatic.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020
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“Overdramatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overdramatic. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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