Word Meaning

melodrama definition and meaning

n. Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".

Crossword clues for melodrama

- Emotional show
- Hiss and boo show produced by a male dorm
- Overly emotional play or film
- Played ‘madam’ role in soap opera
- Role Madam adapted for soap opera
- Sensational play
- Sentimental play
- Theatre
- Tragicomedy