hyperdramatic

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adjective

Very highly dramatic.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

adjectivehyperdramatic (comparative more hyperdramatic, superlative most hyperdramatic)

comparative more hyperdramatic · superlative most hyperdramatic

  1. Very highly dramatic.

    That's somehow fitting, and so is Rudahl's madly anarchic, hyperdramatic visual approach.

    2007 December 2, “Comics”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  8. Ancient Greekδρᾶμα (drâma)
  9. Ancient Greekδρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)
  10. Latindrāmaticu
  11. Englishdramatic
  12. Englishhyperdramatic

From hyper- + dramatic.

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APA

hyperdramatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperdramatic

MLA

“hyperdramatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperdramatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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