theatricals
Saythee-AT-ri-kuhlzUS/θiˈætɹɪkəlz/UK/θiːˈætɹɪkəlz/
- 1Loud, over-the-top behavior meant to get people's attention.
Like a child making a big fuss just to be noticed.
Her constant theatricals at every meeting wore everyone out.
He dropped the theatricals once he saw no one was impressed.
Similarhistrionics, dramatics, theatrics
- 2Plural of theatrical. Use this form when talking about more than one stage show.
The school puts on amateur theatricals every spring.
We went to watch the village theatricals last weekend.
Note
theatricals is a form of theatrical
theatrical, noun: A movie made by a company to be shown in movie theaters. Full entry
- Forms
- theatricaltheatricals plural
- Spelling
- theatrical → theatricals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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