melodrama
n
1 a play, film, etc., characterized by extravagant action and emotion
2 (formerly) a romantic drama characterized by sensational incident, music, and song
3 overdramatic emotion or behaviour
4 a poem or part of a play or opera spoken to a musical accompaniment
(C19: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos song + drame drama)
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melodramatist n
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melodramatic adj
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melodramatically adv