ˈmeləuˌdrɑ:mə n. 1 a
sensational dramatic piece with crude appeals to
the emotions
and usu. a
happy ending. 2 the
genre of
drama of
this type. 3
language,
behaviour, or an
occurrence suggestive of this. 4
hist. a
play with songs interspersed and with orchestral
music accompanying the
action. øømelodramatic adj. melodramatically adv. melodramatist n. melodramatize v.tr. (also -ise). [earlier melodrame f. F m÷lodrame f. Gk melos music + F drame DRAMA]