adj
noun
Freq #13326
Meanings
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1
adj
Relating to the theatre or acting on a stage.
The school put on its first theatrical production this year.
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2
adj
Exaggerated and showy, as if performing for an audience.
He gave a theatrical sigh and threw up his hands.
Thesaurus
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Word family
Forms
theatricals
Derived forms
antitheatricalhypertheatricalmetatheatricalnontheatricalovertheatricalparatheatricalsemitheatricaltheatricalisetheatricalismtheatricalitytheatricalizationtheatricalize
Etymology
From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.