Camp
Camp adjective - Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
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Melodramatic and camp are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melodramatic" instead an adjective "Camp".
Melodramatic
Melodramatic adjective - Given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting.
Camp and melodramatic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Camp" instead an adjective "Melodramatic".
Nearby Word: melodrama
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Camp Straight: The Gromble was expressively melodramatic and wore bright red high heels on all four of his feet, but had a crush on the female monster librarian in one episode.
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The musical of Little Women takes the short and melodramatic play that Jo and her sisters stage in the early chapters, and turns it into a musical number spanning the entire cast (all... six of them), stuffed chock-full of wholesome, affectionate camp.
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