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   dramatic

   /drəˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to drama or the performance or study of drama: "the dramatic arts"
   • 2. (of an event or circumstance) sudden and striking: "a dramatic increase in recorded crime" Similar considerablesubstantialsizeablegoodlyfairreasonabletidymarkedpronouncednoticeablemeasurableperceptibleconspicuousobviousdetectablevisibleappreciablesignificantstrikingsignalnotablenoteworthyworthy of attentionremarkableoutstandingextraordinaryexceptionalphenomenalimportantof importanceof consequenceconsequentialOpposite insignificant
   • ▪ exciting or impressive: "he recalled his dramatic escape from the building" Similar excitingstirringaction-packedsensationalspectacularstartlingunexpectedtensesuspensefulrip-roaringgrippingrivetingfascinatingthrillinghair-raisingrousinglivelyanimatedspiritedelectrifyingimpassionedemotiveemotionalemotion-chargedmovingsoul-stirringpowerfulheadyinformal:stem-windingrare:inspiritinganthemicstrikingeye-catchingimpressiveimposingspectacularbreathtakingdazzlingvividamazingastoundingastonishingsurprisingstaggeringstunningsensationalawesomeawe-inspiringremarkablenotablenoteworthydistinctivegraphicextraordinaryoutstandingincrediblephenomenalunusualrareuncommonout of the ordinaryOpposite boringunimpressive
   • ▪ (of a person or their behaviour) intending or intended to create an effect; theatrical: "with a dramatic gesture, she put a hand to her brow" Similar theatricalstagedramaturgicalthespianshow-businessinformal:showbizrare:histrionictheatricexaggeratedtheatricalostentatiousactressystagyshowymelodramaticoveractedoverdoneoverripeactorlyhistrionicaffectedmanneredartificialstiltedunrealforcedinformal:hammyhamcampyOpposite naturalunaffected

   Word Origin late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek dramatikos, from drama, dramat- (see drama).

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     DRAMATIC meaning: 1. very sudden or noticeable, or full of...

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     DRAMATIC translate: dramatyczny, dramatyczny, widowiskowy,...

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     DRAMATIC translate: drammatico, drammatico, sensazionale,...

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     DRAMATIC translate: 劇的な, 演劇の, 劇的（げきてき）な, めざましい,...

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   characteristic of or appropriate to the drama, especially in involving conflict or contrast; vivid; moving: dramatic colors; a dramatic speech. highly effective; striking: The silence following his impassioned speech was dramatic. Synonyms: sensational, startling. dramatic. / drəˈmætɪk / adjective. of or relating to drama.

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   /drəˈmætɪk/ (of a change, an event, etc.) sudden, very great and often surprising. a dramatic increase/change/improvement/shift. There has been a dramatic rise in reported crime. a dramatic decline/drop/fall/reduction in value. The announcement had a dramatic effect on house prices.

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