Meanings
noun
- An event or atmosphere of strong emotion, typically of anxiety or excitement.
“Straight out of ‘Les Miz’” was how one longtime executive described the high-drama, us-against-them mood in a text to a reporter.
2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
As always, one of the girls is a tornado of enthusiasm and high drama, prone to announcements like, "I have a crisis," when really it's a fun crisis she's having.
2017 October 10, Jennifer Senior, “In John Green's 'Turtles All the Way Down,' a Teenager's Mind Is at War With Itself”, in The New York Times
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APA
high drama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20drama
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“high drama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20drama. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high drama,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20drama.
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