Associations to the word «Histrionics»

Wiktionary

HISTRIONICS, noun. Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.

Dictionary definition

HISTRIONICS, noun. A performance of a play.
HISTRIONICS, noun. A deliberate display of emotion for effect.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras