hammy

abartılı, yapmacık

overly theatrical or exaggerated in performance

The student's hammy delivery made the class laugh.

• During rehearsal, the actor's hammy gestures annoyed the director.
• Critics noted that the film suffered from hammy dialogue and over-the-top scenes.
• Even seasoned viewers found the hammy melodrama in the final act hard to take seriously.
• Scholars argue that the playwright deliberately employed hammy techniques to satirize theatrical excess.

• hammy performance · abartılı performans The critic called his hammy performance the worst part of the play.
• hammy acting · yapmacık oyunculuk She was criticized for her hammy acting in the comedy.
• hammy acting The film suffers from hammy acting.

sb: birisi · sth: bir şey

benzer: dramatic

zıt: subtleplain