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drama queen en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, informal) An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. Or a diva or a narcissist.
    • I’ve known quite a few drama queens in my time, and I always have the same thought: She reminds me of junior high. Most girls are drama queens at that age. 2009, Mark Atteberry, So Much More Than Sexy, Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, →ISBN, page 145:
    • If he is thwarted in his effort to enjoy them, he may either go to the dogs or the drama queens, become short-tempered, sullen, grouchy and eventually feel that, in a way he is a failure. 1923 December 10, The Washington Post:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drama queens Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

drama queenism · drama queenish · comma queen · drama queenery

Descendants

dramaqueen

Synonyms

DQ · attention whore

Translations (19)

id ratu drama (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · ru короле́ва дра́мы (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · es teatrero (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · fi draamakuningatar (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · pt dramático (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · ru истери́чка (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · nl dramanicht (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · fi ylidramaattinen (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · de hysterische Tussi (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · es dramático (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · es dramática (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · pl aferzystka (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · nl relnicht (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · it tragediante (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · pt dramática (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · de Schauspielerin (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · cmn 戲精 /戏精 (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · es teatrera (exaggeratedly dramatic person) · de Dramaqueen (exaggeratedly dramatic person)

drama queen en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To behave in an exaggerately dramatic fashion.
    • Stop the drama queening. Stop the pity parties. You've maxed out. Look, we all have trouble in our lives but most of us aren't hanging our dirty laundry out there for the whole world to see. 2017, David Montgomery, Thoughts on the Abundant Life, Primitive Baptist Heritage Corporation / Lulu.com, page 337:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drama queening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
drama queens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
drama queened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
drama queened Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

status dramaticus · drama king · show-off