overdramatised
Made too theatrical
Overdramatised is the British spelling of overdramatized—made more dramatic than warranted, exaggerated for emotional effect.
Someone who overdramatised a minor inconvenience treated it like a catastrophe: She completely overdramatised the situation—it was just a small scratch on the car.
Excessively theatrical in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
sappy · maudlin · campy · histrionics · tearjerker · sensational · lurid · contrived
Claimed more than true
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- amplifiedIncreased in strength
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
overdone · overemphasized · magnified · overplayed · stretched · distorted · aggrandized · hyperbolized
Excessively emotional or elaborate
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
distraught · inconsolable · catastrophizing · weepy · wailing · lamenting · moaning · tantrum
Executing an action
- actingTemporarily holding position
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
scene-stealing · posturing · gesticulating · declaiming · monologuing · soliloquizing · emoting · mugging
hammy
Excessively theatrical in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
over-the-top · sappy · maudlin · campy · histrionics · tearjerker · sensational · lurid · contrived · operatic
overstated
Claimed more than true
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- amplifiedIncreased in strength
overblown · overdone · overemphasized · magnified · overplayed · stretched · distorted · aggrandized · hyperbolized · sensationalized
overwrought
Excessively emotional or elaborate
- hystericalEmotionally out of control
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
anguished · distraught · inconsolable · catastrophizing · weepy · wailing · lamenting · moaning · tantrum · meltdown
performing
Executing an action
- actingTemporarily holding position
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
showboating · scene-stealing · posturing · gesticulating · declaiming · monologuing · soliloquizing · emoting · mugging · attention-grabbing
overdramatisedunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
downplayed · minimised · underplayed · subdued · restrained
overdramatisedproportionate
Scaled to fit properly
balanced · objective · measured · level-headed · unexaggerated