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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mel•o•dra•ma /ˈmɛləˌdrɑmə, -ˌdræmə/USA pronunciation n., pl. -mas. - Show Business a play or story that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action:[countable]TV soap operas are melodramas that never seem to end.
- melodramatic behavior or events:[uncountable]The trial had more than its share of melodrama.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mel•o•dra•ma (mel′ə drä′mə, -dram′ə),USA pronunciation n. - Show Business, Literaturea 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.
- melodramatic behavior or events.
- Show Business, Music and Dance, Literature(in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries) a romantic dramatic composition with music interspersed.
- Greek mélos song) + drame drama
- French mélodrame, equivalent. to mélo- (
- 1800–10;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: melodrama /ˈmɛləˌdrɑːmə/ n - a play, film, etc, characterized by extravagant action and emotion
- (formerly) a romantic drama characterized by sensational incident, music, and song
- overdramatic emotion or behaviour
Etymology: 19th Century: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos song + drame dramamelodramatist /ˌmɛləˈdræmətɪst/ n melodramatic /ˌmɛlədrəˈmætɪk/ adj ˌmelodraˈmatics pl n ˌmelodraˈmatically adv |