noun🔗ShareMélodrameA 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 pièce de l'école était un mélodrame, avec un solo de violon poignant pendant la scène d'amour.entertainmentmusicliteratureartstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMélodrameA 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 pièce était un mélodrame, rempli de déclarations d'amour passionnées et de malentendus tragiques.artentertainmentliteraturemusicstylestagecultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMélodrame, exagérationAny 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. "L'argument entre les frères et sœurs à propos d'un crayon usagé était un véritable mélodrame ; c'était bien plus important que le problème réel.entertainmentstorysituationactioncharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading