• (RP) IPA: /hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/
• (GA) IPA: /hɪstɹiˈɑnɪk/

histrionic

1. Of or relating to actors or acting#Noun|acting.

   Synonyms: actorish, actressy, dramatic, theatrical

2. (by extension) Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw#Verb|draw attention.

   Synonyms: melodramatic, overdramatic, sensationalized, stagy

   • 1785, William Cowper, “Book II. The Time-piece.”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. […], London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson; […], OCLC 228757725 ↗, page 74 ↗:

     [F]oppiſh airs / And hiſtrionic mumm'ry, that let down / The pulpit to the level of the ſtage, / Drops from the lips a diſregarded thing.

• histrion (obsolete)
• histrionism
• histrionize (rare)

• French: théâtral
• German: Schauspiel, schauspielerisch
• Italian: istrionesco, istrionesca, istrionico, istrionica
• Portuguese: histriónico (Portugal), histriônico (Brazil)
• Russian: актёрский
• Spanish: histriónico

• French: histrionique
• German: pathetisch, theatralisch
• Portuguese: histriónico (Portugal), histriônico (Brazil)
• Russian: напы́щенный
• Spanish: histriónico