Associations to the word «Histrionics»

Wiktionary

HISTRIONICS, noun. Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.

Dictionary definition

HISTRIONICS, noun. A performance of a play.
HISTRIONICS, noun. A deliberate display of emotion for effect.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis