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Excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style

Relating to the art or practice of public speaking

Exaggerated through the use of hyperbole

Having a flamboyantly striking appearance or style

Untrue or hard to believe, typically made up

Arousing or characterized by intense feeling

Characterized by negative feelings or emotions

Behaviour of this kind

A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television

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Adjective

Excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style

sensationalized^US

sensationalised^UK

over-sensational

blood-and-thunder

cloak-and-dagger

not spontaneous

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“They have an unfair disadvantage when it comes to appreciating what you do, because they know all about you and your histrionic outbursts.”

Adjective

Relating to the art or practice of public speaking

full of hot air

hyperventilated

with the gift of the gab

circumlocutionary

having kissed the Blarney stone

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the Blarney Stone

running on at the mouth

full of verbiage

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Adjective

Exaggerated through the use of hyperbole

overemphasised^UK

overemphasized^US

sensationalistic

highly coloured

larger-than-life

out of proportion

disproportionate

attention-grabbing

over-enthusiastic

beyond the pale

hyperventilated

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

overextravagant

blown out of proportion

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Adjective

Having a flamboyantly striking appearance or style

brightly colored^US

brightly coloured^UK

recognizable^US

cheap and nasty

recognisable^UK

bright-coloured

multicoloured^UK

multicolored^US

distinguishable

many-coloured^US

many-colored^UK

exhibitionistic

attention-grabbing

like an explosion in a paint factory

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

out of the ordinary

highly-coloured

richly colored^UK

twopenny-halfpenny

richly coloured^US

written all over one

brilliantly colored^US

brilliantly coloured^UK

in the foreground

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

under one's nose

right under your nose

multi-colored^US

multi-coloured^UK

many-splendoured

putting on the ritz

rainbow-coloured

rainbow-colored

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Adjective

Untrue or hard to believe, typically made up

hard to swallow

out of the ordinary

difficult to believe

scarcely credible

hard to believe

won't hold water

beyond the bounds of possibility

self-contradictory

highly unlikely

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

out of the question

never to be forgotten

off beaten path

out of this world

taking the cake

incomprehensible

without substance

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Adjective

Arousing or characterized by intense feeling

over-sentimental

hearts-and-flowers

oversentimental

cloyingly sweet

overenthusiastic

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

romanticized^US

romanticised^UK

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Adjective

Characterized by negative feelings or emotions

discountenanced

hot under the collar

throwing a wobbly

beside yourself

out of your mind

at the end of your tether

hot-and-bothered

hot under collar

hot and bothered

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

all of a lather

in a state of nerves

like a cat on a hot tin roof

on pins and needles

discombobulated

in a cold sweat

all of a doodah

a bundle of nerves

like a cat on hot bricks

bricking oneself

terror-stricken

scared to death

with your heart in your mouth

feeling anxious

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

waiting for the axe to fall

shaking in one's shoes

heavy with grief

scared out of your wits

racked with suffering

bundle of nerves

paralyzed with fear^US

frozen with fear

horror-stricken

paralysed with fear^UK

overcome with sorrow

racked with pain

frightened out of your wits

waiting with bated breath

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

frightened to death

at sixes and sevens

like a fish out of water

sweating bullets

caught off balance

out of countenance

thrown off balance

put out of countenance

like one possessed

apprehensive about

shaking like a leaf

having cold feet

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Noun

Behaviour of this kind

“Histrionic is characterized by exaggerated gestures, dramatic outbursts, and attention-seeking behavior.”

Noun

A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television

dramatic artist

member of the cast

straight person

character actor

main attraction

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