What it means
- (noun) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
- (noun) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks “the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".”
- (noun) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
Letter analysis
- Melodrama contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Related words
Other 9-letter words
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- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with MEL
- melancholia
- melancholic
- melancholics
- melancholy
- melange
- melanges
- melanin
- melanoma
- melanomas
- melanomata
- meld
- melded
- melding
- melds
- mellifluous
- mellifluously
- mellow
- mellowed
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Words ending with AMA
Sub-words
- alarmed
- earldom
- amoral
- lammed
- loader
- madame
- molder
- morale
- ordeal
- rammed
- reload
- roamed
- adore
- alarm
- alder
- armed
- aroma
- drama
- dream
- lamed
- lamer
- lemma
- madam
- medal
- modal
- model
- modem
- molar
- moral
- oared
- older
- realm
- aloe
- ammo
- area
- dale
- dame
- dare
- deal
- dear
- demo
- doer
- dole
- dome
- dorm
- dram
- earl
- lade
- lama
- lame
- lard
- lead
- load
- loam
- lode
- lord
- lore
- made
- male
Common questions
What does Melodrama mean?
A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
How many letters are in Melodrama?
Melodrama has 9 letters.
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