drama | ||
1. | [ noun ] (theater,writing) a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | |
Synonyms: | play dramatic_play | |
Examples: | "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" |
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Related terms: | dramatic_composition grand_guignol Passion_play playlet theater_of_the_absurd morality_play mystery_play miracle_play satyr_play act stage_direction act play dramatize dramatize play | |
2. | [ noun ] an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional | |
Synonyms: | dramatic_event | |
Related terms: | episode night_terror embroider | |
3. | [ noun ] (theater,writing) the literary genre of works intended for the theater | |
Related terms: | writing_style comedy tragedy closet_drama play tragic comic tragicomic sympathetic warhorse black_humor unsympathetic dramatize dramatize | |
4. | [ noun ] the quality of being arresting or highly emotional | |
Related terms: | emotionality dramatize dramatic undramatic | |
Similar spelling: |
Dreama dram Drema dream drum Drumm drawn Drane drain dreamy Draine draw_on draw_in Draheim |