Histrionic
Pronounced:
<Hiss-tree-on-ick>
Pronounced:
<Hiss-tree-on-ick>
Insincere emotional acting.
My use:
I am not being histrionic. I really do like your tie!
I am not being histrionic. I really do like your tie!
Definition:
Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense.
Literature:
Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey.
Memory trick:
Histrionic
Hist (reminds of) = his story
ionic (reminds of) = bionic or robotic
his story is bionic
Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense.
Literature:
Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey.
Memory trick:
Histrionic
Hist (reminds of) = his story
ionic (reminds of) = bionic or robotic
his story is bionic
Listen: Histrionic
posted by Englishionary at
10:11 PM
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