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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is dramatic a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dramatic is tagged as adjective.
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