hammier
Increasingly over-the-top
Hammier is the comparative form of hammy, meaning more exaggerated or theatrical in performance.
A hammy actor overplays emotions and gestures; a hammier one does so even more: His performance got hammier with each take.
The term comes from ham, slang for an actor who overacts.
Theatrical overperformance
- muggingRobbery with violence
- overplayingExcessive dramatic emphasis
- overdoingExcessive effort or action
- emotingExpressing theatrically
grandstanding · showboating · milking · posturing · telegraphing · overemoting · overacting · scene-stealing
More overly sentimental
- sappierMore overly sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
- heartstringsDeep emotional attachments
weepy · overwrought · gushing · histrionic · bathetic · saccharine · cloying · syrupy
More artificially dramatic
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- thespianTheatrical performer
- performativeDone for appearance's sake
- declamatoryPompously rhetorical in style
bombastic · grandiose · flamboyant · florid · ornate · pompous · affected · mannered
More tastelessly sentimental
- campierMore affectedly extravagant
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- tongue-in-cheekHumorously not meant literally
- B-movieLow-budget, low-quality film
drag · burlesque · spoof · ironic · self-aware · knowing · winking · parodic
scenery-chewing
Theatrical overperformance
- muggingRobbery with violence
- overplayingExcessive dramatic emphasis
- overdoingExcessive effort or action
emoting · grandstanding · showboating · milking · posturing · telegraphing · overemoting · overacting · scene-stealing · upstaging
schmaltzier
More overly sentimental
- sappierMore overly sentimental
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
heartstrings · weepy · overwrought · gushing · histrionic · bathetic · saccharine · cloying · syrupy · treacly
stagier
More artificially dramatic
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- thespianTheatrical performer
- performativeDone for appearance's sake
declamatory · bombastic · grandiose · flamboyant · florid · ornate · pompous · affected · mannered · stilted
cheesier
More tastelessly sentimental
- campierMore affectedly extravagant
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- tongue-in-cheekHumorously not meant literally
B-movie · drag · burlesque · spoof · ironic · self-aware · knowing · winking · parodic · send-up