melodrama
/ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmə/ noun C1- A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
- 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.
- Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
Plural melodramas
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