histrionic
/ˌhɪstriˈɒnɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌhɪstriˈɑːnɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌhi-strē-ˈä-nik/ (ame, mw)
histrionic — 形容詞
- histrionicpositive
- more histrioniccomparative
- most histrionicsuperlative
1. showing strong feelings in a loud, exaggerated way that seems put on for effect
做作的；浮誇
情緒表現誇張且不真誠的
showing strong feelings in a loud, exaggerated way that seems put on for effect rather than truly felt.
Emre threw a histrionic fit when the waiter brought him the wrong coffee.
服務生送錯咖啡時，Emre 做作地大發脾氣。
predicative-attributive: histrionic + noun (fit, outburst, display)
The senator's histrionic apology on television fooled almost nobody at home.
那位參議員在電視上浮誇的道歉，幾乎沒能騙過家中觀眾。
common collocation: histrionic apology / speech / performance
Rodrigo rolled his eyes at his sister's histrionic sobbing over the broken phone.
妹妹為了摔壞的手機做作地大哭，Rodrigo 在一旁翻白眼。
Critics dismissed the actor's histrionic performance as embarrassing rather than moving.
影評認為那位演員浮誇做作的演出令人尷尬，而非感人。
Adina found her boss's histrionic anger at small mistakes exhausting to deal with.
Adina 覺得老闆為了小錯誤就浮誇地動怒，讓她筋疲力盡。
- melodramatic
very close in meaning; suggests exaggerated emotion borrowed from a soap opera
- theatrical
less negative; can describe a deliberately showy style without implying insincerity
- overwrought
stresses being too worked-up emotionally rather than performing for an audience
- restrained
controlled, quiet expression of feeling
- understated
deliberately low-key, the opposite of showy
用法筆記
Almost always negative. Subject is usually a person's behaviour, speech, or performance — a histrionic person is one whose displays of feeling are not trusted as real.