HISTRIONICS Synonyms

• Overemotional, exaggerated behavior calculated for effect.

• the performance of a part or role in a drama

• serving temporarily especially as a substitute

• something intended to communicate a particular impression

• something shown to the public

• a visual representation of something

• behavior that makes your feelings public

• exhibiting openly in public view

• an electronic device that represents information in visual form

• to show, make visible or apparent

• attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

• the act of exhibiting

• a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

• a gaudy outward display

• lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

• pretentious or showy or vulgar display

• a dramatic or musical entertainment

• the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

• any recognized accomplishment

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

• extravagant elaborateness

• an artificial and mannered quality

• Theatrical appearance or character

• Histrionics

• an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

• having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama

• characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected