ALL meanings of melodrama
mel·o·dra·ma
M m - noun melodrama overly dramatic play 1
- noun melodrama excessive drama 1
- noun melodrama a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization. 1
- noun melodrama melodramatic behavior or events. 1
- noun melodrama (in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries) a romantic dramatic composition with music interspersed. 1
- noun melodrama A sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions. 1
- variable noun melodrama A melodrama is a story or play in which there are a lot of exciting or sad events and in which people's emotions are very exaggerated. 0
- noun melodrama a play, film, etc, characterized by extravagant action and emotion 0
- noun melodrama (formerly) a romantic drama characterized by sensational incident, music, and song 0
- noun melodrama overdramatic emotion or behaviour 0
- noun melodrama a poem or part of a play or opera spoken to a musical accompaniment 0
- noun melodrama a sensational or romantic stage play with interspersed songs and an orchestral accompaniment 0
- noun melodrama now, a drama, as a play or film, concerned with exaggerated conflicts and emotions, stereotyped characters, etc.; also, such dramas collectively 0
- noun melodrama any sensational, extravagantly emotional action, utterance, etc. 0
- noun melodrama (Uncountable Noun) (archaic) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. 0
- noun melodrama (Countable Noun) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio". 0
- noun melodrama (Uncountable Noun) (figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion. 0