noun🔗ShareMelodramaA kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes."The school play was a melodrama, with a soaring violin solo during the love scene. "La obra escolar fue un melodrama, con un solo de violín conmovedor durante la escena de amor.entertainmentmusicliteratureartstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMelodramaA 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"The play was a melodrama, filled with passionate declarations of love and tragic misunderstandings. "La obra era un melodrama, lleno de declaraciones de amor apasionadas y malentendidos trágicos.artentertainmentliteraturemusicstylestagecultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMelodrama, exageraciónAny situation or action which is blown out of proportion."The argument between the siblings over a used pencil was a complete melodrama; it was so much bigger than the actual problem. "La discusión entre los hermanos por un lápiz usado fue un completo melodrama; era mucho más grande que el problema real.entertainmentstorysituationactioncharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading