scenery-chewing

adjective

That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting

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Meanings

adjectivescenery-chewing (comparative more scenery-chewing, superlative most scenery-chewing)

comparative more scenery-chewing · superlative most scenery-chewing

  1. That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting

    When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, "Art will tear your heart out."

    2022 November 19, Caryn James, “Spielberg's The Fabelmans review: An emotional crowd-pleaser”, in BBC
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APA

scenery-chewing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scenery-chewing

MLA

“scenery-chewing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scenery-chewing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scenery-chewing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scenery-chewing.

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