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Definition of drama

the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
the literary genre of works intended for the theater
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

Similar Words: play, dramatic play, dramatic event

Hyponyms: closet drama, comedy, tragedy, Grand Guignol, theater of the absurd, playlet, miracle play, morality play, mystery play, Passion play, satyr play, night terror

Attributes: dramatic, undramatic

Derivational Morphology: dramatize, dramatise, adopt, play, act, roleplay, playact, represent, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up

Anagrams: damar

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