Of or relating to actors or acting. / (by extension) Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.

Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.

In a histrionic manner.

(Britain) Alternative form of histrionic

Histrionic behaviour.

plural of histrionism

Obsolete spelling of histrionic

(psychology) A personality disorder characterized largely by exaggerated emotions, and inappropriate attention-seeking and seductive behavior typically caused by undue amounts of trauma and related stress during childhood.

The histrionic art; stageplaying.

simple past tense and past participle of histrionize