Theatrical
[θɪ'ætrɪk(ə)l] or [θɪ'ætrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; 'a theatrical pose'; 'one of the most theatrical figures in public life' .
(adj.) of or relating to the theater .
Checker: Nathan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
Inputed by Brice
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Dramatic, scenic, histrionic.[2]. Ostentatious, showy, pompous.
Edited by Dorothy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dramatic, {[ecenic]?}, melodramatic, showy, ceremonious, gesticulatory,pompous, meretricious, tinsel
ANT:Chaste, genuine, simple, unaffected, quiet, subdued, mannerless, plain
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- Elliston placed himself in a theatrical attitude ready to embrace him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was not, of course, by way of theatrical antithesis that Edison appeared in Paris at such a time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These are placed in the hands of a producer, corresponding to a stage-director, generally an actor or theatrical man of experience, with a highly developed dramatic instinct. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are pleasanter to look upon then than they are in their theatrical aspect. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Next day, and the day after, and every day, all graced by more dinner company, cards descended on Mr Dorrit like theatrical snow. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She comes in laughing, humming, and frisks about the stage with all the innocence of theatrical youth--she makes a curtsey. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Throw a stone into the water, and the myriad of tiny bubbles that are created flash out a brilliant glare like blue theatrical fires. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Bryan talks with the intoxication of the man who has had a revelation: to skeptics that always seems theatrical. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Behold him--always theatrical--looking at Jerusalem--this time, by an oversight, with his hand off his pistol for once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To be so near happiness, so near fame, so near the long paragraph in praise of the private theatricals at Ecclesford, the seat of the Right Hon. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I shall always look back on our theatricals with exquisite pleasure. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Typist: Montague