Synonyms for ham it up
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camp it up informal, chew the scenery, melodramatize, melodramatise UK, tear a cat dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To deliberately exaggerate one's emotions or movements, or to overact or act hammily.
You can count on him to ham it up for the camera.
Example sentences
- ham I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
By length
- 3 letters
- ham1
- 7 letters
- overact3
- 8 letters
- overplay3
- 13 letters
- melodramatize, melodramatise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overact3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cabotiner