Histrionic
adjective
Overly dramatic or emotional.
His histrionic reaction to the news was amusing to everyone in the room.
Often appears as...
- histrionic display
- histrionic outburst
noun
An actor, especially one in theatre.
He is a histrionic that has experience in Broadway.
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Related to actors, acting, or the theatre.
The histrionic arts are important to the culture of any society.
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Overly dramatic or emotional.
His histrionic reaction to the news was amusing to everyone in the room.
Often appears as...
- histrionic display
- histrionic outburst
noun
An actor, especially one in theatre.
He is a histrionic that has experience in Broadway.
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Related to actors, acting, or the theatre.
The histrionic arts are important to the culture of any society.
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Emotion
Use 'histrionic' to describe actions that are excessively emotional, often to the point of being fake or insincere.
She put on a histrionic sob upon hearing the mild criticism.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention Seeking
Describes behavior intended to draw attention or appear more important or special.
The student's histrionic antics in class disrupted everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Histrionic' may be used humorously or affectionately to describe someone who is theatrically expressive.
Grandpa's histrionic storytelling makes family gatherings so much fun.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Emotion
Use 'histrionic' to describe actions that are excessively emotional, often to the point of being fake or insincere.
She put on a histrionic sob upon hearing the mild criticism.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention Seeking
Describes behavior intended to draw attention or appear more important or special.
The student's histrionic antics in class disrupted everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Histrionic' may be used humorously or affectionately to describe someone who is theatrically expressive.
Grandpa's histrionic storytelling makes family gatherings so much fun.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Emotion
Use 'histrionic' to describe actions that are excessively emotional, often to the point of being fake or insincere.
She put on a histrionic sob upon hearing the mild criticism.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention Seeking
Describes behavior intended to draw attention or appear more important or special.
The student's histrionic antics in class disrupted everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Histrionic' may be used humorously or affectionately to describe someone who is theatrically expressive.
Grandpa's histrionic storytelling makes family gatherings so much fun.
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Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless.
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Jonathan Agnew
English Entertainer
The bouncer shouldn't be banned. Hitting batsmen, I'm afraid, is part of the game. But it's the histrionics, the nonsense, the prancing, the in-your-face nastiness. It's become accepted, and actually it's not acceptable at all.
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Charles Krauthammer
American Journalist
Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying.
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Anushka Shetty
Indian Actress
The bikini scenes in 'Billa' were vital because they showed me as a seductress. I'd like to say here that outfits define a character and help an actor, say, 30 per cent, the rest depends on one's histrionic skills.
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Eddie Redmayne
English Actor
A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.
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Dido Armstrong
British Musician
I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.
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Matthew Vaughn
American Producer
Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry.
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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Mukesh Tiwari
Indian Actor
Stars can never replace strong character actors in roles that demand histrionics.
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Dave Sim
Canadian Cartoonist
Leftist reactions are always histrionic.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless.
Quote examples
Jonathan Agnew
English Entertainer
The bouncer shouldn't be banned. Hitting batsmen, I'm afraid, is part of the game. But it's the histrionics, the nonsense, the prancing, the in-your-face nastiness. It's become accepted, and actually it's not acceptable at all.
Quote examples
Charles Krauthammer
American Journalist
Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying.
Quote examples
Anushka Shetty
Indian Actress
The bikini scenes in 'Billa' were vital because they showed me as a seductress. I'd like to say here that outfits define a character and help an actor, say, 30 per cent, the rest depends on one's histrionic skills.
Quote examples
Eddie Redmayne
English Actor
A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.
Quote examples
Dido Armstrong
British Musician
I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.
Quote examples
Matthew Vaughn
American Producer
Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry.
Quote examples
Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
Quote examples
Mukesh Tiwari
Indian Actor
Stars can never replace strong character actors in roles that demand histrionics.
Quote examples
Dave Sim
Canadian Cartoonist
Leftist reactions are always histrionic.
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