histrionics

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So when Ms. Winslet won two awards last night, her histrionics were a little too much for us to take.

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  1. noun Theatrical arts or performances.
  2. noun Exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect.

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  • So when Ms. Winslet won two awards last night, her histrionics were a little too much for us to take. —  Home | The New York Observer
  • Look, we all know the economy is bad, but fear and worry are not going to solve our problems, and gratuitously ratcheting up the histrionics is the last thing that we need right now. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Samoflange is a bit downbeat and then goes a bit epic here and there but without resorting to screaming falsetto histrionics which is definitely in their favour. —  diskant.net
  • Again, these disturbing facets of Obama's record can speak for themselves if presented simply and unadorned, without any histrionics or hyped-up language to scare the public. —  The American Spectator
  • Although more spectacular in its choreographed histrionics, Barack Obama's inauguration carried the same Orwellian message of inverted truth: of ruthlessness of criminal power, if not unending war. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
 

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