histrionicadjective
uk/ˌhɪs.triˈɒn.ɪk/us/ˌhɪs.triˈɑː.nɪk/disapprovingvery emotional and energetic, but not sincere or without real meaning:
a histrionic outburst
She put on a histrionic display of grief at the funeral.
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Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionics
- hokey
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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histrionically
adverb uk/ˌhɪs.triˈɒn.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌhɪs.triˈɑː.nɪ.kəl.i/