- melodramatic - having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama; "a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"
Antonym: undramatic (indirect, via dramatic)
- histrionic, melodramatic - characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
Antonym: untheatrical (indirect, via theatrical)