superdramatic

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adjective

Highly dramatic.

OriginEnglish dramatic ← Latin drāmaticu ← Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectivesuperdramatic (comparative more superdramatic, superlative most superdramatic)

comparative more superdramatic · superlative most superdramatic

  1. Highly dramatic.

    Then he waits — and waits — for that superdramatic moment when he can ride to his own rescue with what the press reliably hypes as The Do-or-Die Speech of His Career.

    2009 September 13, Frank Rich, “Obama’s Squandered Summer”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  8. Ancient Greekδρᾶμα (drâma)
  9. Ancient Greekδρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)
  10. Latindrāmaticu
  11. Englishdramatic
  12. Englishsuperdramatic

From super- + dramatic.

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APA

superdramatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superdramatic

MLA

“superdramatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superdramatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superdramatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superdramatic.

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