theatric
Showy and exaggerated
Theatric means theatrical—dramatic, exaggerated, or suited to the stage.
The word appears less frequently than theatrical but carries the same meanings: showy behavior, dramatic gestures, or performance-like qualities.
Her theatric sigh made everyone look up.
The plural theatrics refers to exaggerated emotional displays: Spare me the theatrics.
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- stageyArtificially theatrical in manner
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- overactedPerformed with excessive drama
melodramatic · hammy · showy · declamatory · expressive · emotive · gestural · projected
Estrangement-focused dramatic style
- StanislavskiActing technique innovator
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- choreographedArranged movements deliberately
rehearsed · scripted · directed · ensemble · repertory · proscenium · monologue · soliloquy
Showily excessive
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
pretentious · attention-seeking · exhibitionist · over-the-top · sensational · bombastic · extravagant · overdone
dramatic
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- stageyArtificially theatrical in manner
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
overacted · melodramatic · hammy · showy · declamatory · expressive · emotive · gestural · projected
Brechtian
Estrangement-focused dramatic style
- StanislavskiActing technique innovator
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stagingPreparing for presentation
choreographed · rehearsed · scripted · directed · ensemble · repertory · proscenium · monologue · soliloquy · aside
ostentatious
Showily excessive
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
pompous · pretentious · attention-seeking · exhibitionist · over-the-top · sensational · bombastic · extravagant · overdone · flashy
overwrought
Excessively emotional or elaborate
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- intenseExtreme in degree
heightened · effusive · gushing · tearful · wailing · sobbing · swooning · fainting · gasping · sighing
theatricunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
restrained · subdued · muted · low-key · calm
- theatrical masksPerformance face coverings
- theatrical workComposition for stage performance
- theatrical troupeGroup performing stage works
- theatrical productionLive performed dramatic work
- theatrical releaseFilm shown in theaters
- theatrical scriptsWritten works for performance
theatrical, theatrics, theatrically, theatricality, theatricalized