dramatic; affected, artificial
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Theatrical Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
theatrical
\the*at"ric*al\ (?), a. [l. theatricus, gr. &?;.] of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- the*at`ri*cal"i*ty (#), n. -- the*at"ric*al*ly (#), adv. no meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. jefferies.
theatrical
adj
1. of or relating to the theater
2. suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life" [ant: untheatrical] n : a performance of play [syn: theatrical performance, histrionics]
similar words(7)
theatrical poster
theatrical season
theatrical production
theatrical agent
theatrical role
theatrical producer
theatrical performance
Noun
1. a performance of play
(synonym) theatrical performance, representation, histrionics
(hypernym) performance, public presentation
(hyponym) matinee
Adjective
1. of or relating to the theater
(pertainym) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
2. suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life"
(antonym) untheatrical
(similar) histrionic, melodramatic
Theatrical Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Theatre (in American English usually theater) is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”) and θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).
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