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/ˈmɛləˌdɹɑːmə/ · noun
(archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes..
The grave-digging scene in Beethoven's “Fidelio” has much melodrama.
Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends.
Use melodrama when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Melodrama means (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes..
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The grave-digging scene in Beethoven's “Fidelio” has much melodrama.
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