dramatic entrance
Grand, attention-grabbing appearance
A dramatic entrance is an arrival designed to attract attention—arriving late, throwing open doors, or appearing at a climactic moment.
The phrase implies theatricality, whether intentional or accidental: She made a dramatic entrance, soaking wet and trailing a broken umbrella.
Sometimes used sarcastically when someone disrupts a gathering: Nice dramatic entrance—you knocked over the coat rack.
- grandImposing or splendid
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- showstoppingCommanding complete attention
- stealing the sceneOutperforming others for attention
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
flourish · spotlight · center stage · fanfare · arrival · unveiling · strut · swagger · cape · doors · burst · reveal · applause · standing ovation · gasps · staircase · red carpet · fashion show
- action clichesexplosion, car chase, one-liner, slow motion, shootout
- entertainment clicheshappy ending, cliffhanger, plot twist, love triangle, damsel in distress
- soap operassoap opera, telenovela, cliffhanger, amnesia, love triangle
- theatricstheatrics, histrionics, theatricality, overacting, hamming
- burlesquestriptease, fan dance, tassels, pasties, bump and grind
- dramatic devicesforeshadowing, soliloquy, aside, deus ex machina, plot twist
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