overdramatic
Too much flair
Overdramatic describes behavior or expression that's exaggerated beyond what the situation warrants—making a bigger emotional display than necessary.
Someone who weeps over a minor inconvenience or declares a small setback catastrophic is being overdramatic: Stop being so overdramatic—it's just a parking ticket.
The word often carries a note of dismissal or gentle mockery.
Exaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
hammy · sappy · maudlin · weepy · anguished · telenovela · lachrymose · pathos
Inflated beyond reasonable proportion
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- overstatedClaimed more than true
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
overdone · excessive · hyperbolic · magnified · amplified · overemphasized · extravagant · grandiose
Easily upset, unpredictable
- moodyProne to sullenness
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
whiny · touchy · brooding · stormy · mercurial · thin-skinned · sensitive · reactive
histrionic
Exaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- tearjerkerEmotionally manipulative entertainment
schmaltzy · hammy · sappy · maudlin · weepy · anguished · telenovela · lachrymose · pathos · emotive
overblown
Inflated beyond reasonable proportion
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- overstatedClaimed more than true
- inflatedExpanded with gas
overwrought · overdone · excessive · hyperbolic · magnified · amplified · overemphasized · extravagant · grandiose · bombastic
temperamental
Easily upset, unpredictable
petulant · whiny · touchy · brooding · stormy · mercurial · thin-skinned · sensitive · reactive · excitable
passionate
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
ardent · zealous · forceful · impassioned · explosive · unrestrained · unbridled · feverish · frenzied · wild-eyed
overdramaticunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
low-key · restrained · subdued · reserved · muted
overdramaticmeasured
Carefully considered, unhurried
proportionate · reasonable · balanced · normal · moderate
overdramaticcalm
Free from agitation
composed · level-headed · even-keeled · unflappable · collected
overdramatize, overdramatized, overdramatizing, overdramatizes