histrionics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Northern-California) audio
- /hɪstɹiˈɒnɪks/ (UK)
- /hɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/ (US)
- (Australia) audio
- hĭs-trē-änʹĭks (US)
Etymology
From histrionic + -ics, see histrionic.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business.
1999 August 26, Buddy Seigal, “Even Old Englishmen Still Get Wood”, in OC Weekly, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:
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Synonyms
operatics (exaggerated behaviour) · melodrama (exaggerated behaviour) · drama (exaggerated behaviour) · melodramatics (exaggerated behaviour)
Translations (12)
fr théâtralisme (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · fi tunteilu (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · fi huomionkipeys (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · de theatralisches Getue (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · ru сце́на (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · fr histrionisme (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · pl egzaltacja (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · ca histrionisme (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · es teatralismo (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · ru вы́ходка (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · es histrionismo (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour) · pl afektacja (exaggerated, overemotional behaviour)