Definition of theatrical in English:

theatrical

adjective θɪˈatrɪk(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l

1Relating to acting, actors, or the theatre.
剧场的；演剧的；戏剧的
theatrical productions
戏剧演出（或作品）。
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the greatest theatrical comebacks ever is about to be staged in the East End.
- Fair enough, he criticises the theatrical performance, the acting, the drama, the setting.
- His stepfather, Ludwig Geyer, was an actor who roped the whole family into theatrical productions.
- The basic conditions of theatrical performance force actors to use words and signs that the audience can understand.
- The company had an imaginative director and two budding theatrical costumiers who saved the day.
- To some, he is a theatrical god, to others, an egotistical showman.
- Much as I admire the new theatrical economy, I also feel a lot of American drama suffers from a telescoped urgency.
- Mercer's dialogue required highly accomplished actors with years of theatrical experience.
- He pulled and pushed at the social and theatrical conventions of his day and constantly experimented with new dramatic form and technique.
- Yes, Baltinglass Amateur Dramatics are back with a theatrical treat for us.
- This is the theatrical equivalent of the whodunnit you buy at the airport as you go on holiday.
- It by no means has the same effect eighty years later but the entertaining allegory remains a stimulating theatrical event.
- The long silences really worked in a theatrical space.
- I'm sure that he has appeared in many fine theatrical productions during his long career as actor.
- In a play packed with theatrical metaphors, he suggests even dictators are actors.
- In the end the play seems less a debate about modern art than a clever theatrical con trick in which we, like Adam, emerge decisively duped.
- He has recently performed in successful theatrical productions of Beau Brummel and Sleuth in the West End.
- In the 20 or 25 years of his theatrical career, Shakespeare produced 37 plays.
- Schlusser has chosen a deliberately anarchic style for the story, subverting theatrical convention for effect.
- Powell's dramatic presence is obvious and his theatrical contribution assisted greatly in telling the story.
- The appeal of The Producers as a musical was its wicked wish to mock the whole pantomime of theatrical production and all who play in it.
- This was Siobhan's first major role in a theatrical production.
Synonyms
stage, dramatic, thespian, dramaturgical
show-business
informal showbiz
rare histrionic, theatric
1. 1.1 Exaggerated and excessively dramatic.
  戏剧性的；演戏似的；夸张的；不自然的
  Henry looked over his shoulder with theatrical caution
  亨利万分小心地扭头察看。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Try the theatrical manner in which the player fell to the ground clutching his face after an elbow had brushed his cheek.
  ‘Behold the wrath of a woman wronged!’ he stated in a theatrical manner, arms extended in front of him and palms upturned and pointing towards me.
  He begins by telling me, in his theatrical manner, what attracted him to Sutton in the first place.
  I wanted to have a show where I can dance and be more dramatic, theatrical.
  Jackson shrugs his shoulders and waves his fingers in the air in a wild, gesticulating, heavily theatrical manner.
  Perhaps the music is theatrical and dramatic, and that is what it's all about.
  Her interpretations are dramatic, even theatrical, but never ‘over the top’.
  Frequently theatrical and melodramatic, it captured the tensions of wartime Britain, thriving in enforced isolation.
  Audience members left in a manner more theatrical than anything they had been watching.
  He opted for a strong theatrical style, exaggerating every tone and gesture and playing with great energy and ebullience.
  Illuminated by a giant spotlight, Leon made a theatrical entrance to dramatic music.
  It's an undeniably theatrical production, as flamboyant as a Broadway musical.
  Synonyms
  exaggerated, ostentatious, actressy, stagy, showy, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, overripe, histrionic, actorly, affected, mannered, artificial, stilted, unreal, forced
  informal hammy, ham, campy

noun θɪˈatrɪk(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l

A professional actor or actress.
职业演员
a boarding house that catered for theatricals
为职业演员提供饮食和服务的寄宿舍。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yes, I can just see myself at a home for retired theatricals, beret on at a rakish angle, red shoes, lipstick up to my nose, telling people how fantastic I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- She was the late, loved Dame Thora Hird, who lived the last months of her life in Brinsworth House home for retired theatricals.

Derivatives

theatricalism

nounθɪˈatrɪkəlɪz(ə)mθiˈætrəkəˌlɪzəm

Finally, Marshall W. Mason's superb direction, using John Lee Beatty's outstanding set design, also helped to potentiate the theatricalism of the piece.
Example sentencesExamples
- Originally a reaction against realism in theater, ‘theatricalism’ reveals the machinations and artifice of theater.’
- And his initial reaction to the food is overwrought: In one scene he vomits immediately after eating, and it reeks of theatricalism.

theatricalization

nounθɪˌatrɪkəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nθiˌætrəkəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən

Hoyt pictures immigrants sympathetically, narrating stories of individuals detained, reunited, and deported, and importantly, her presentation depends upon theatricalization.
Example sentencesExamples
- The method of installation art, his use of everyday objects in conjunction with his photographs, his careful use of light and shadow all speak of a theatricalization of memory and self.
- One result of this theatricalization was a complex eroticism produced out of ‘a voyeuristic bond between mannequin and spectator’.

theatricalize

verb θɪˈatrɪkəlʌɪzθiˈætrəkəˌlaɪz

[with object]

1Present as a theatrical performance; portray dramatically.
his work chronicles and theatricalizes small-town democracy in action
1. 1.1 React to or portray (something) in an excessively dramatic manner.
Example sentencesExamples
- a theatricalized version of my life
- And therein lies the seed of the paradox that led Inglis to enlist Schmidt's help in theatricalizing the poem.
- In contrast to that meditation on power, ‘Meetings’ chronicles and theatricalizes small-town democracy in action.
- That Manet might have intended a subtle effect of theatricalizing the movement and location of the cortège is suggested by the presence of an observer who watches the funeral procession.
- we theatricalize every experience out of all proportion

Origin

Mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron 'theatre') + -al.

Definition of theatrical in US English:

theatrical

adjectiveTHēˈatrək(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l

1Of, for, or relating to acting, actors, or the theater.
剧场的；演剧的；戏剧的
theatrical productions
戏剧演出（或作品）。
Example sentencesExamples
- The company had an imaginative director and two budding theatrical costumiers who saved the day.
- I'm sure that he has appeared in many fine theatrical productions during his long career as actor.
- This is the theatrical equivalent of the whodunnit you buy at the airport as you go on holiday.
- In the 20 or 25 years of his theatrical career, Shakespeare produced 37 plays.
- He pulled and pushed at the social and theatrical conventions of his day and constantly experimented with new dramatic form and technique.
- He has recently performed in successful theatrical productions of Beau Brummel and Sleuth in the West End.
- In the end the play seems less a debate about modern art than a clever theatrical con trick in which we, like Adam, emerge decisively duped.
- Powell's dramatic presence is obvious and his theatrical contribution assisted greatly in telling the story.
- Schlusser has chosen a deliberately anarchic style for the story, subverting theatrical convention for effect.
- To some, he is a theatrical god, to others, an egotistical showman.
- In a play packed with theatrical metaphors, he suggests even dictators are actors.
- The long silences really worked in a theatrical space.
- His stepfather, Ludwig Geyer, was an actor who roped the whole family into theatrical productions.
- The appeal of The Producers as a musical was its wicked wish to mock the whole pantomime of theatrical production and all who play in it.
- Fair enough, he criticises the theatrical performance, the acting, the drama, the setting.
- The basic conditions of theatrical performance force actors to use words and signs that the audience can understand.
- Yes, Baltinglass Amateur Dramatics are back with a theatrical treat for us.
- This was Siobhan's first major role in a theatrical production.
- Much as I admire the new theatrical economy, I also feel a lot of American drama suffers from a telescoped urgency.
- Mercer's dialogue required highly accomplished actors with years of theatrical experience.
- One of the greatest theatrical comebacks ever is about to be staged in the East End.
- It by no means has the same effect eighty years later but the entertaining allegory remains a stimulating theatrical event.
Synonyms
stage, dramatic, thespian, dramaturgical
1. 1.1 Exaggerated and excessively dramatic.
  戏剧性的；演戏似的；夸张的；不自然的
  Henry looked over his shoulder with theatrical caution
  亨利万分小心地扭头察看。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Try the theatrical manner in which the player fell to the ground clutching his face after an elbow had brushed his cheek.
  He opted for a strong theatrical style, exaggerating every tone and gesture and playing with great energy and ebullience.
  Perhaps the music is theatrical and dramatic, and that is what it's all about.
  Illuminated by a giant spotlight, Leon made a theatrical entrance to dramatic music.
  Jackson shrugs his shoulders and waves his fingers in the air in a wild, gesticulating, heavily theatrical manner.
  It's an undeniably theatrical production, as flamboyant as a Broadway musical.
  ‘Behold the wrath of a woman wronged!’ he stated in a theatrical manner, arms extended in front of him and palms upturned and pointing towards me.
  I wanted to have a show where I can dance and be more dramatic, theatrical.
  Frequently theatrical and melodramatic, it captured the tensions of wartime Britain, thriving in enforced isolation.
  Audience members left in a manner more theatrical than anything they had been watching.
  Her interpretations are dramatic, even theatrical, but never ‘over the top’.
  He begins by telling me, in his theatrical manner, what attracted him to Sutton in the first place.
  Synonyms
  exaggerated, ostentatious, actressy, stagy, showy, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, overripe, histrionic, actorly, affected, mannered, artificial, stilted, unreal, forced

nounTHēˈatrək(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l

A professional actor or actress.
职业演员
a boarding house that catered for theatricals
为职业演员提供饮食和服务的寄宿舍。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yes, I can just see myself at a home for retired theatricals, beret on at a rakish angle, red shoes, lipstick up to my nose, telling people how fantastic I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- She was the late, loved Dame Thora Hird, who lived the last months of her life in Brinsworth House home for retired theatricals.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron ‘theater’) + -al.

词汇	theatrical
释义	Definition of theatrical in English: theatrical adjective θɪˈatrɪk(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l 1Relating to acting, actors, or the theatre. 剧场的；演剧的；戏剧的 theatrical productions 戏剧演出（或作品）。 Example sentencesExamples One of the greatest theatrical comebacks ever is about to be staged in the East End. Fair enough, he criticises the theatrical performance, the acting, the drama, the setting. His stepfather, Ludwig Geyer, was an actor who roped the whole family into theatrical productions. The basic conditions of theatrical performance force actors to use words and signs that the audience can understand. The company had an imaginative director and two budding theatrical costumiers who saved the day. To some, he is a theatrical god, to others, an egotistical showman. Much as I admire the new theatrical economy, I also feel a lot of American drama suffers from a telescoped urgency. Mercer's dialogue required highly accomplished actors with years of theatrical experience. He pulled and pushed at the social and theatrical conventions of his day and constantly experimented with new dramatic form and technique. Yes, Baltinglass Amateur Dramatics are back with a theatrical treat for us. This is the theatrical equivalent of the whodunnit you buy at the airport as you go on holiday. It by no means has the same effect eighty years later but the entertaining allegory remains a stimulating theatrical event. The long silences really worked in a theatrical space. I'm sure that he has appeared in many fine theatrical productions during his long career as actor. In a play packed with theatrical metaphors, he suggests even dictators are actors. In the end the play seems less a debate about modern art than a clever theatrical con trick in which we, like Adam, emerge decisively duped. He has recently performed in successful theatrical productions of Beau Brummel and Sleuth in the West End. In the 20 or 25 years of his theatrical career, Shakespeare produced 37 plays. Schlusser has chosen a deliberately anarchic style for the story, subverting theatrical convention for effect. Powell's dramatic presence is obvious and his theatrical contribution assisted greatly in telling the story. The appeal of The Producers as a musical was its wicked wish to mock the whole pantomime of theatrical production and all who play in it. This was Siobhan's first major role in a theatrical production. Synonyms stage, dramatic, thespian, dramaturgical show-business informal showbiz rare histrionic, theatric 1.1 Exaggerated and excessively dramatic. 戏剧性的；演戏似的；夸张的；不自然的 Henry looked over his shoulder with theatrical caution 亨利万分小心地扭头察看。 Example sentencesExamples Try the theatrical manner in which the player fell to the ground clutching his face after an elbow had brushed his cheek. ‘Behold the wrath of a woman wronged!’ he stated in a theatrical manner, arms extended in front of him and palms upturned and pointing towards me. He begins by telling me, in his theatrical manner, what attracted him to Sutton in the first place. I wanted to have a show where I can dance and be more dramatic, theatrical. Jackson shrugs his shoulders and waves his fingers in the air in a wild, gesticulating, heavily theatrical manner. Perhaps the music is theatrical and dramatic, and that is what it's all about. Her interpretations are dramatic, even theatrical, but never ‘over the top’. Frequently theatrical and melodramatic, it captured the tensions of wartime Britain, thriving in enforced isolation. Audience members left in a manner more theatrical than anything they had been watching. He opted for a strong theatrical style, exaggerating every tone and gesture and playing with great energy and ebullience. Illuminated by a giant spotlight, Leon made a theatrical entrance to dramatic music. It's an undeniably theatrical production, as flamboyant as a Broadway musical. Synonyms exaggerated, ostentatious, actressy, stagy, showy, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, overripe, histrionic, actorly, affected, mannered, artificial, stilted, unreal, forced informal hammy, ham, campy noun θɪˈatrɪk(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l A professional actor or actress. 职业演员 a boarding house that catered for theatricals 为职业演员提供饮食和服务的寄宿舍。 Example sentencesExamples Yes, I can just see myself at a home for retired theatricals, beret on at a rakish angle, red shoes, lipstick up to my nose, telling people how fantastic I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was the late, loved Dame Thora Hird, who lived the last months of her life in Brinsworth House home for retired theatricals. Derivatives theatricalism nounθɪˈatrɪkəlɪz(ə)mθiˈætrəkəˌlɪzəm Finally, Marshall W. Mason's superb direction, using John Lee Beatty's outstanding set design, also helped to potentiate the theatricalism of the piece. Example sentencesExamples Originally a reaction against realism in theater, ‘theatricalism’ reveals the machinations and artifice of theater.’ And his initial reaction to the food is overwrought: In one scene he vomits immediately after eating, and it reeks of theatricalism. theatricalization nounθɪˌatrɪkəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nθiˌætrəkəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən Hoyt pictures immigrants sympathetically, narrating stories of individuals detained, reunited, and deported, and importantly, her presentation depends upon theatricalization. Example sentencesExamples The method of installation art, his use of everyday objects in conjunction with his photographs, his careful use of light and shadow all speak of a theatricalization of memory and self. One result of this theatricalization was a complex eroticism produced out of ‘a voyeuristic bond between mannequin and spectator’. theatricalize verb θɪˈatrɪkəlʌɪzθiˈætrəkəˌlaɪz [with object] 1Present as a theatrical performance; portray dramatically. his work chronicles and theatricalizes small-town democracy in action 1.1 React to or portray (something) in an excessively dramatic manner. Example sentencesExamples a theatricalized version of my life And therein lies the seed of the paradox that led Inglis to enlist Schmidt's help in theatricalizing the poem. In contrast to that meditation on power, ‘Meetings’ chronicles and theatricalizes small-town democracy in action. That Manet might have intended a subtle effect of theatricalizing the movement and location of the cortège is suggested by the presence of an observer who watches the funeral procession. we theatricalize every experience out of all proportion Origin Mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron 'theatre') + -al. Definition of theatrical in US English: theatrical adjectiveTHēˈatrək(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l 1Of, for, or relating to acting, actors, or the theater. 剧场的；演剧的；戏剧的 theatrical productions 戏剧演出（或作品）。 Example sentencesExamples The company had an imaginative director and two budding theatrical costumiers who saved the day. I'm sure that he has appeared in many fine theatrical productions during his long career as actor. This is the theatrical equivalent of the whodunnit you buy at the airport as you go on holiday. In the 20 or 25 years of his theatrical career, Shakespeare produced 37 plays. He pulled and pushed at the social and theatrical conventions of his day and constantly experimented with new dramatic form and technique. He has recently performed in successful theatrical productions of Beau Brummel and Sleuth in the West End. In the end the play seems less a debate about modern art than a clever theatrical con trick in which we, like Adam, emerge decisively duped. Powell's dramatic presence is obvious and his theatrical contribution assisted greatly in telling the story. Schlusser has chosen a deliberately anarchic style for the story, subverting theatrical convention for effect. To some, he is a theatrical god, to others, an egotistical showman. In a play packed with theatrical metaphors, he suggests even dictators are actors. The long silences really worked in a theatrical space. His stepfather, Ludwig Geyer, was an actor who roped the whole family into theatrical productions. The appeal of The Producers as a musical was its wicked wish to mock the whole pantomime of theatrical production and all who play in it. Fair enough, he criticises the theatrical performance, the acting, the drama, the setting. The basic conditions of theatrical performance force actors to use words and signs that the audience can understand. Yes, Baltinglass Amateur Dramatics are back with a theatrical treat for us. This was Siobhan's first major role in a theatrical production. Much as I admire the new theatrical economy, I also feel a lot of American drama suffers from a telescoped urgency. Mercer's dialogue required highly accomplished actors with years of theatrical experience. One of the greatest theatrical comebacks ever is about to be staged in the East End. It by no means has the same effect eighty years later but the entertaining allegory remains a stimulating theatrical event. Synonyms stage, dramatic, thespian, dramaturgical 1.1 Exaggerated and excessively dramatic. 戏剧性的；演戏似的；夸张的；不自然的 Henry looked over his shoulder with theatrical caution 亨利万分小心地扭头察看。 Example sentencesExamples Try the theatrical manner in which the player fell to the ground clutching his face after an elbow had brushed his cheek. He opted for a strong theatrical style, exaggerating every tone and gesture and playing with great energy and ebullience. Perhaps the music is theatrical and dramatic, and that is what it's all about. Illuminated by a giant spotlight, Leon made a theatrical entrance to dramatic music. Jackson shrugs his shoulders and waves his fingers in the air in a wild, gesticulating, heavily theatrical manner. It's an undeniably theatrical production, as flamboyant as a Broadway musical. ‘Behold the wrath of a woman wronged!’ he stated in a theatrical manner, arms extended in front of him and palms upturned and pointing towards me. I wanted to have a show where I can dance and be more dramatic, theatrical. Frequently theatrical and melodramatic, it captured the tensions of wartime Britain, thriving in enforced isolation. Audience members left in a manner more theatrical than anything they had been watching. Her interpretations are dramatic, even theatrical, but never ‘over the top’. He begins by telling me, in his theatrical manner, what attracted him to Sutton in the first place. Synonyms exaggerated, ostentatious, actressy, stagy, showy, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, overripe, histrionic, actorly, affected, mannered, artificial, stilted, unreal, forced nounTHēˈatrək(ə)lθiˈætrək(ə)l A professional actor or actress. 职业演员 a boarding house that catered for theatricals 为职业演员提供饮食和服务的寄宿舍。 Example sentencesExamples Yes, I can just see myself at a home for retired theatricals, beret on at a rakish angle, red shoes, lipstick up to my nose, telling people how fantastic I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was the late, loved Dame Thora Hird, who lived the last months of her life in Brinsworth House home for retired theatricals. Origin Mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron ‘theater’) + -al.
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