MELODRAMAS
15
Scrabble
18
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M(3) E(1) L(1) O(1) D(2) R(1) A(1) M(3) A(1) S(1)
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Definition
noun
- A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks“the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".”
- Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
Source: Wiktionary
