melodramatic

The definition of melodramatic is being overly emotional.

(adjective)

An example of a melodramatic person is someone who causes a scene over every little problem.

See melodramatic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, characteristic of, or like melodrama; sensational, violent, and extravagantly emotional

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See melodramatic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama: “a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters” (Frank O. Gatell).
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic: “Accuse me, if you will, of melodramatic embroidery” (Erskine Childers).
Characterized by false pathos and sentiment.

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