characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose
Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; sometimes in a bad sense
disapproval If you refer to someone's behaviour as histrionic, you are critical of it because it is very dramatic, exaggerated, and insincere. Dorothea let out a histrionic groan
{s} dramatic, theatrical; of or pertaining to theater; of or pertaining to acting or actors
disapproval If you disapprove of someone's dramatic and exaggerated behaviour, you can describe it as histrionics. When I explained everything to my mum and dad, there were no histrionics. very loud and emotional behaviour that is intended to get sympathy and attention - used to show disapproval (histrionicus, from histrio )