Noun: melodrama 'me-lu,draa-mu
- An extravagant drama in which action is more salient than characterization
"The old-fashioned melodrama featured a moustache-twirling villain and a damsel in distress"; "The play was criticized for being more melodrama than serious theatre";
- melodrame [archaic]
Derived forms: melodramas
Type of: drama
Encyclopedia: Melodrama