melodrama

Meaning of melodrama

noun
  1. 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
  2. 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

Hyphenation 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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