Usually means: Excessively exaggerated emotional or theatrical.
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  1. overdramatic: Merriam-Webster
  2. overdramatic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overdramatic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overdramatic: Wordnik
  5. overdramatic: Wiktionary
  6. overdramatic: Dictionary.com
  7. overdramatic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. overdramatic: Legal dictionary

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  1. overdramatic: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Dramatic to excess.

Similar:
superdramatic, hyperdramatic, overtheatrical, dramatic, overdone, dramastic, hypertheatrical, melodramatic, over-egged, heavy-handed, more...

Opposite:
understated, subtle, subdued, restrained



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Similar:
superdramatic, hyperdramatic, overtheatrical, dramatic, overdone, dramastic, hypertheatrical, melodramatic, over-egged, heavy-handed, more...

Opposite:
understated, subtle, subdued, restrained



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