Elaborate
Elaborate adjective - Made or done with great care or with much detail.
Melodramatic and elaborate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melodramatic" instead an adjective "Elaborate".
Melodramatic
Melodramatic adjective - Given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting.
Usage example: our office drama queen yet again made the melodramatic declaration that he was contemplating suicide
Elaborate and melodramatic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elaborate" instead an adjective "Melodramatic".
Nearby Word: melodrama
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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It makes the supergenius supervillains in James Bond movies stuff the hero into an elaborate melodramatic Death Trap from which he inevitably escapes instead of just shooting him.
Source: Genre Blindness aka: Genre Blind
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