melodrama

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noun

Plural noun:

melodramasmelodramata

1.
(archaic, uncountable)A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
2.
(countable)A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
3.
(countable)(countable, opera) A passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks.
The grave-digging scene in Beethoven's “Fidelio” has much melodrama.
4.
(colloquial, figuratively, uncountable)Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.

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From French mélodrame, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama; ultimately from Ancient Greek μέλος (limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody) + δρᾶμα (deed”, “theatrical act). Compare melodrame. Cognate to Melodram and melodrama.