histrionics
I
noun
acting, affectation, affectedness, airs, ars ludicra, artificial behavior for effect, display, dramatic art, dramatic representation, dramaturgy, emotional display for effect, exaggeration, false show, fanfaronade, melodramatics, orotundity, ostentation, overacting, overemphasis, parade, performance, pretense, scaenicus, show, showmanship, stagecraft, theatrecraft, theatricalism, theatricality, theatrical ness
II
index
exaggeration, pretense (ostentation)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006