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Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style

Presented in a way that is dramatic or exaggerated

(of a person) Liable to unreasonable changes of mood

Involving, or given to, open or heavy displays of emotion

Charged with emotion

Excessively sentimental or emotional

Unnatural or artificial in one's mannerisms or behavior

Vehement or impassioned in expression, sometimes pretentiously so

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Adjective

Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style

sensationalised^UK

sensationalized^US

over-sensational

blood-and-thunder

cloak-and-dagger

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“She handles the final monologue tastefully, without slipping into vomitous, melodramatic overkill.”

Adjective

Presented in a way that is dramatic or exaggerated

sensationalistic

overemphasized^US

overemphasised^UK

highly coloured

disproportionate

over-enthusiastic

beyond the pale

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

out of proportion

larger-than-life

hyperventilated

attention-grabbing

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Adjective

(of a person) Liable to unreasonable changes of mood

prima donna-ish

on a short fuse

easily offended

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

easily frightened

easily agitated

as cross as two sticks

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Adjective

Involving, or given to, open or heavy displays of emotion

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

keen as mustard

bred-in-the-bone

foaming at the mouth

infatuated with

enamoured of^US

ready and willing

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

chomping at the bit

as keen as mustard

champing at the bit

coming on strong

meaning what one says

meaning business

overenthusiastic

hot under the collar

hot and bothered

without reservations

hundred percent

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Adjective

Charged with emotion

emotion-charged

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

thought-provoking

revitalizing^US

revitalising^UK

life-preserving

life-sustaining

thirst-quenching

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Adjective

Excessively sentimental or emotional

over-sentimental

hearts-and-flowers

oversentimental

romanticised^UK

romanticized^US

cloyingly sweet

overenthusiastic

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

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Adjective

Unnatural or artificial in one's mannerisms or behavior

not spontaneous

to all intents and purposes

lacking sincerity

not what it is cracked up to be

double-crossing

devoid of validity

with tongue in cheek

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Adjective

Vehement or impassioned in expression, sometimes pretentiously so

hyperventilated

full of hot air

with the gift of the gab

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the Blarney Stone

running on at the mouth

having kissed the Blarney stone

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