ham acting

• overactingExcessive theatrical performance
• melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
• theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
• exaggeratedMade larger than reality
• campyEntertainingly artificial and overblown

scenery-chewing · mugging · dramatic · stage · bombastic · cheesy · corny · vaudeville · slapstick · gestures · flamboyant · soap opera · B-movie · cringe · histrionic · over-the-top · emoting · hammed

• comedy stylesjokes, sarcasm, puns, irony, parody
• theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
• tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
• farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
• theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
• exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, amplification