dramatic

Universal Words adjective 1 (of a change, an event, etc.) sudden, very great and often surprising: a dramatic increase / fall / change / improvement * dramatic results / developments / news * The announcement had a dramatic effect on house prices. 2 exciting and impressive: a dramatic victory / ending * They watched dramatic pictures of the police raid on TV. * set against the dramatic backcloth of Mont Blanc 3 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with the theatre or plays: a local dramatic society * Students will study various plays and dramatic texts. * a dramatic monologue 4 exaggerated in order to create a special effect and attract people's attention: He flung out his arms in a dramatic gesture. * Don't be so dramatic! dramatically adverb: Prices have fallen dramatically. * At any point events could have developed in a dramatically different way. * 'At last!' she cried dramatically. * The mountains rose dramatically behind them.