melodrama
Meaning of melodrama
noun
- a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.
he gloated like a villain in a Victorian melodrama
- a play interspersed with songs and orchestral music accompanying the action.
early 19th century: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos ‘music’ + French drame ‘drama’.
Information about melodrama
- It is a name.
- The plural form of melodrama is: melodramas.
- Languages in which melodrama is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of melodrama
melo-drama
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- melodrama is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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