[ad_1] noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
- dramatic representation; theatricals; acting.
- behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion; dramatics; operatics: Cut out the histrionics—we know you’re not really mad.
adjective Also his·tri·on·i·cal.
- of or relating to actors or acting.
- deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
noun
- an actor.
adjective
- excessively dramatic, insincere, or artificialhistrionic gestures
- rare dramatic
noun
- (plural) melodramatic displays of temperament
- rare (plural, functioning as singular) dramatics
“theatrics, pretense,” 1864, from histrionic; also see -ics.
“theatrical” (figuratively, “hypocritical”), 1640s, from Latin histrionicus “pertaining to an actor,” from histrio (genitive histrionis) “actor,” said to be of Etruscan origin. The literal sense in English is from 1759.