melodrama (98 synonym found)

Melodrama has 98 synonyms. The top synonyms for melodrama are visceralness, stage play, Tom show, sensationalism, flop, blood and thunder, minstrel show, tableau vivant and 90 more. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for melodrama?

A common synonym for melodrama is visceralness. Other synonyms include stage play, Tom show, sensationalism, flop.

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Melodrama has 98 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does melodrama mean?

(n): a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes (archaic); a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment

Definition of melodrama:

(n) : a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes (archaic); a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio"
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Definition of melodrama:

(n) : a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes (archaic); a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio"
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