histrionics
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /hɪstɹiˈɒnɪks/
- (America) enPR: hĭs-trē-änʹĭks, IPA: /hɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/
- (Northern California)
- Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
- I’m tired of Mary’s histrionics.
- (exaggerated behaviour) drama, melodrama, melodramatics
- French: histrionisme, théâtralisme
- Russian: вы́ходка
- Spanish: histrionismo, teatralismo
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