Synonyms for chew the scenery
- verb
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Verb
camp it up informal, ham, ham it up, overact, melodramatize, melodramatise UK, tear a cat dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.
Related words
- Other spellings
- chew on the scenery
Example sentences
- ham I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
By length
- 3 letters
- ham1
- 7 letters
- overact3
- 13 letters
- melodramatize, melodramatise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overact3 = 3 syllables).