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Definition of Overdramatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdramatic
Literary usage of Overdramatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"IN A TIME BEYOND WARNINGS I do not wish to seem overdramatic, but I can only
conclude from the information that is available to me as Secretary-General that ..."
2. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"The falling to pieces of Charlemagne's civilization and the general return of
social disorders have led to an overdramatic contrasting of the year 1000, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Old Masters in the Palace by San Francisco Museum of Art, John Nilsen Laurvik (1920)
"The other extreme is found in the rather forced contrasts and overdramatic emphasis
of the art of Ribera (1588-1656), who was influenced by Caravaggio, ..."
4. Wake Up America by Mark Sullivan (1918)
"It is not overdramatic. That line is the umbilical cord of our little army, and
the submarine is gnawing at it every hour of the day. ..."
5. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"... task to accomplish seeing as how she was yelling and he was standing almost
directly in front of her — a tad overdramatic, but efficient nonetheless. ..."
6. The Friends of Rathlin Island by Stewart Dalby (2004)
"'William, I really feel you are being a bit overdramatic. There is nothing in
that report that ..."
7. Scene-speare!: Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors by Lindsay Price (2004)
"Or is she being overdramatic? She is not thinking clearly because Lysander has
never left her before. She does not believe Lysander would leave her of his ..."
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