Melodrama - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmelədrɑːmə|  American pronunciation of the word melodrama
Brit.  |ˈmelə(ʊ)drɑːmə|  British pronunciation of the word melodrama

noun

- an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

Extra examples

Critics dismissed his work as melodrama.

She is starring in another melodrama.

The trial turned into a melodrama.

He was behaving like a character in a Victorian melodrama.

Come on, there's no need for all this melodrama.

Word forms

noun
singular: melodrama
plural: melodramas
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