noun · countable / uncountable · rare

melodrama

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мелодрама

Melodrama

A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical…A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.

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/ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmə/

» Russian melodramas and romantic movies are excellent.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable)A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
Melodrama
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(countable)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.
(colloquial, figuratively, uncountable)Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
(archaic, uncountable)A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.

Examples

3 sentences

Russian melodramas and romantic movies are excellent.
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I don't like melodramas.
ruЯ не люблю мелодрамы.
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Love is a comedy in France, a tragedy in England, an opera in Italy, and a melodrama in Germany.
deLiebe ist in Frankreich eine Komödie, in England eine Tragödie, in Italien eine Oper und in Deutschland ein Melodrama.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

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Русский

By meaning 1

romantic drama:

Deutsch

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romantic drama:

Origin

From French mélodrame, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama; ultimately fr

From French mélodrame, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama; ultimately from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”, “member”, “song”, “tune”, “melody”) + δρᾶμα (drâma, “deed”, “theatrical act”). Compare melodrame. Cognate to German Melodram and Spanish melodrama.

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