Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 31 compound words that contain dramatic. The most common are listed below. Open dramatic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- dramatic licenseartistic license used in or for drama.
- dramatic structureThe sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.
- Dramatic PrakritThe standard forms of Prakrit dialects that were used in dramas and other literature of medieval India.
- dramatic presentThe historical present tense.
- dramatic ironyA theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
- dramatic sopranoAn operatic soprano with a voice characterized as powerful, intense, and emotive; a voice that can cut through a full orchestra, often characterized by a darker timbre, a strong low register, and significant stamina for heroic or tragic …
- dramatic beatThe smallest division of action in a play, film or other work of drama; The moment at which increasing dramatic tension produces a noticeable change in the consciousness of one or more characters.
- dramatic structuresplural of dramatic structure: The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.
- dramatic unitySynonym of classical unity: Any of the three rules for drama derived from Aristotle's Poetics: unity of action (a play should have one action that it follows, with minimal subplots), unity of time (the action should occur over a period of …
- dramatic beatsplural of dramatic beat: The smallest division of action in a play, film or other work of drama; The moment at which increasing dramatic tension produces a noticeable change in the consciousness of one or more characters.
- melo-dramaticAlternative form of melodramatic: Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
- dramatic ironiesplural of dramatic irony: A theatrical effect in which the true meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Compound words 31
- dramaticomusicalBeing or relating to a dramatic work, such as an opera, in which music plays an integral part.
- dramaticuleAn extremely short play.
- metadramaticBeing or pertaining to metadrama.
- musicodramaticRelating to music and drama.
- postdramaticBeing or relating to an avant-garde form of theatre since the end of the 1960s, which strives to produce an effect amongst the spectators rather than to remain true to a text.
- subdramaticLess than dramatic; not fully constituting a drama.
- dramaticallyIn a dramatic manner.
- overdramaticDramatic to excess.
- dramaticnessThe quality of being dramatic.
- dramaticismThe habit of performing actions in a histrionic manner.