melodramatic

And I think I ought to warn you not to be melodramatic, especially when conflicts with your fellow human beings arise.

But what was a melodramatic device in that film becomes gripping drama in "Zodiac" , which has also seen a refining of his visual style.

Expectation from his fans in many countries is converging as it is a pathetic melodramatic film more than the 'WLS'.

SECRET SUNSHINE (Lee Chang-dong) A family tragedy from South Korea, in the form of a melodramatic crime story.

His ambition, himself stricker with illness, drug dependence, fickleness melodramatic, a wealthy son of a dissolute kind of typical.

That's a very melodramatic statement. You know you wouldn't really do that!

We thought it would be way too melodramatic to say 'till death do us part. '

I do not want something metaphysical, something melodramatic as the idea of a guarantee or absoluteness.

A little melodramatic, perhaps, but, at very least, the current extreme correlations make that old standby, diversification, very difficult.

The upshot is sweetly melodramatic -- at least, you inevitably note, there are nominal humans aboard.

a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea.

That said, many complained that the plot is a bit too obvious and melodramatic.

Ozu himself hinted at a reservation: "This is one of my most melodramatic pictures. "

The fellow could never resist the temptation to be melodramatic , Walden thought .

My family can be very melodramatic.

My mother's taste in books, Miss Potter, and, I'm afraid, in life, runs to the er melodramatic.

Melodramatic prison movies always use corny lines like "prison has a way of changing a man. "

"Battle in Seattle" is melodramatic as well as sentimental, but melodrama serves Mr Townsend's purpose well.

This fits well with the definition of melodramatic given in the American Heritage Dictionary.

I'll start with a deliberately melodramatic simile, then explain it.

It seemed now melodramatic to have loved the simple Edward with violence .

he was being maybe a little melodramatic for me at the time, but you can imagine situation in which that is true.

But he has always loved the heightened, melodramatic mien of Sweeney, in which a kindly man becomes a crazed serial killer.

while the "opera" part came from the fact that they were about dilemmas and other dramatic or melodramatic situations.

Moreover, Mr Morgan's melodramatic web catches more bits of contemporary reality than do most docudramas.

The leadership of both parties seems keen to avoid any melodramatic showdowns.

It is a thousand times preferable to die somewhere alone and abandoned so that you can die without melodramatic posturing, unseen by anyone.

Dante: Huh, so melodramatic . Besides, if you die without giving my sword back, I'm gonna be pissed!

He sought to burnish his image by writing a sentimental, melodramatic sex novel.

One clue is their tendency to meet in some of Italy's more melodramatic operas.

To present or view in a dramatic or melodramatic way.

He waved his arms in a melodramatic gesture.

The less melodramatic but more serious problem has to do with secrecy.

Today, these terms are rarely heard in everyday speech, and many people may now find them pretentious and melodramatic .

Every tribe has its more emotional and melodramatic types, and so it's crucial to limit the chances of misinterpretation or outbursts.

The few times I had my heart stepped on, I was not devastated, nor was I melodramatic.

Young love, always so melodramatic.

It is unique in many ways in which it isn't a completely melodramatic drama, nor is it an out comedy.

A melodramatic serial in which each episode ends in suspense

a melodramatic outburst of temper