Dramatic

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  • adjective. Of or relating to drama or the theater.
  • adjective. Characterized by or expressive of the action or emotion associated with drama or the theater.
  • adjective. Arresting or forceful in appearance or effect.
  • adjective. Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the drama; represented by action; appropriate to or in the form of a written or acted drama: as, dramatic action; a dramatic poem.
  • Employing the form or manner of the drama; writing or acting dramatically or theatrically: as, a dramatic poet; a dramatic speaker.
  • Characterized by the force and animation in action or expression appropriate to the drama; expressed with action, or with the effect of action: as, a dramatic description; a dramatic appeal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the drama.
  • adjective. suitable to or characteristic of or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical. Opposite of undramatic.
  • adjective. striking in appearance or effect; vivid; having a thrilling effect.
  • adjective. marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; -- of a singer or singing voice. Contrasted to lyric.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or relating to the drama.
  • adjective. Striking in appearance or effect.
  • adjective. Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. suitable to or characteristic of drama
  • adjective. used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style
  • adjective. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
  • adjective. pertaining to or characteristic of drama
  • Word Usage
    "The _dramatic monologue_ is a poem in which a dramatic situation is presented, or perhaps a story is told, by one speaker."
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