Meanings
comparative more operatic · superlative most operatic
- Of, related to, or typical of opera.
The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.
1 more example
She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the desk to write Charles some operatic note of farewell.
2009, Jane Pattison, Charles and Diantha, page 327
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From opera + -ic, probably influenced by dramatic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan operístic
- operísticof or relating to opera
French opératique
- opératiqueof or relating to opera
German Opern-, opernhaft
- Opern-of or relating to opera
- opernhaftof or relating to opera
- opernartigof or relating to opera
Irish ceoldrámach
- ceoldrámachof or relating to opera
Spanish operístico
- operísticoof or relating to opera
Welsh operatig
- operatigof or relating to opera
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
operatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operatic
“operatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operatic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “operatic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/operatic.
Source: operatic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.