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Meanings of melodramatic play in English
Dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions.
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Examples for "melodrama"
Examples for "melodrama"
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It transforms German history into a gangster melodrama often with surprising exactness.
2
True, the film veers into melodrama and contrivances in the second half.
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Hindi melodrama with Abraham as a compulsive gambler in need of reform.
4
This seems almost melodramatic; and melodrama is bad enough at Drury Lane.
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Hopefully soon we will be done with the melodrama and the semaphoring.
Usage of melodramatic play in English
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It is a salutary reminder of how true even Shakespeare's most melodramatic plays often are to the realities of his age.
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