hammed
Played it big
Hammed is the past tense of ham, meaning to overact or perform in an exaggerated, theatrical manner.
Actors ham it up when they deliver lines with excessive emotion or gestures, often for comic effect.
He hammed his way through the death scene, clutching his chest dramatically.
The term derives from ham as slang for an amateurish or overly theatrical performer.
Robbery with violence
- campyEntertainingly artificial and overblown
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
emoting · histrionic · exaggerated · bombastic · over-the-top · unsubtle · corny · scenery-chewing
mugging
Robbery with violence
- campyEntertainingly artificial and overblown
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
overblown · emoting · histrionic · exaggerated · bombastic · over-the-top · unsubtle · corny · scenery-chewing · theatrical
stage
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actingTemporarily holding position
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
spotlight · monologue · rehearsal · costume · drama · troupe · thespian · vaudeville · skit · comedic
hammedunderplayed
Restrained in expression
understated · restrained · subtle · naturalistic · underacted
- hammering homeEmphasizing through repetition
- MC HammerNineties hip-hop performer
- hammer outResolve through prolonged effort
- hammered outSettled through laborious effort
- claw hammerTwo-headed nail tool
- hammering outResolving through persistent effort
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