Australian English Meaning of melodrama
Melodrama
Other Australian English words related to Melodrama
- aloofness
- apathy
- calmness
- Composure
- dryness
- imperturbability
- impassiveness
- indifference
- insensibility
- insensitivity
- Insensitivity
- Phlegm
- reserve
- reticence
- stoicism
- taciturnity
- chilliness
- coldness
- presence of mind
- coolness
- aloofness
- frigidity
- Insensibility
- reservedness
- Stiffness
- stoniness
- unconcern
- coldness
- woodiness
Nearest Words of melodrama
Definitions and Meaning of melodrama in English
melodrama (n)
an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
melodrama (n.)
Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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Melodrama
an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterizationFormerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of c
Comedy,Comedy-drama,Docudrama,Drama,Dramedy,interlude,Monodrama,musical,Musical,playlet
aloofness,apathy,calmness,Composure,dryness,imperturbability,impassiveness,indifference,insensibility,insensitivity
melodizing => melodizing, melodized => melodized, melodize => melodize, melodist => Melodist, melodise => Melody,
