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The correct spelling is melodramas.
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noun
Say it like: Mel-odr-ama-s
The correct spelling is melodramas. A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. For example: "the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio"."
Usage Examples
“the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".”
Definition
noun
- 1.A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- 2.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
- 3.Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
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