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Melodramatic

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

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Dramatic 84% connected

Alt. of Dramatical

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Dramatic 84% connected

Alt. of Dramatical

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Theatrical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, the…

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Theatrical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, the…

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Melodrama 74% connected

Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and…

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Melodrama 74% connected

Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and…

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Histrionic 92% connected

Alt. of Histrionical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adaptable adjective · 78% connection

capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the fr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, melodrama, like, suitable, unnatural.
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Agonistical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnat…

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Antiphysical adjective · 78% connection

Contrary to nature; unnatural.

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Bearing noun · 78% connection

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence…

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Bestiality noun · 78% connection

Unnatural connection with a beast.

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Bugger noun · 78% connection

One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.

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Buggery noun · 78% connection

Unnatural sexual intercourse; sodomy.

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Catamite noun · 78% connection

A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

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Cataphysical adjective · 78% connection

Unnatural; contrary to nature.

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Conceit noun · 78% connection

A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a f…

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Congested adjective · 78% connection

Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperaemic; -- said of any part of the body.

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.

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Contranatural adjective · 78% connection

Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.

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Convulsion noun · 78% connection

An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

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Costiveness noun · 78% connection

An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

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Deformed adjective · 78% connection

Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head.

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Deformity adjective · 78% connection

The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or featur…

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Denaturalize verb · 78% connection

To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

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