melodramatic

As adjectives the difference between melodramatic and overdramatic

is that melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action while overdramatic is dramatic to excess.

As adjectives the difference between melodramatic and theatric

is that melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action while theatric is relating to acting or the theater, theatrical.

As adjectives the difference between melancholy and melodramatic

is that melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression while melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

As a noun melancholy

is (historical) black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

As adjectives the difference between melodramatic and hyperbolic

is that melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action while hyperbolic is of or relating to hyperbole.

As adjectives the difference between melodramatic and subdued

is that melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action while subdued is conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.

As a verb subdued is

(subdue).

As an adjective melodramatic

is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

As a noun exaggeration is

the act of heaping or piling up.

As adjectives the difference between melodramatic and tragic

is that melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action while tragic is causing great sadness or suffering.

As a noun tragic is

(obsolete) a writer of tragedy.

As adjectives the difference between stoic and melodramatic

is that stoic is of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas while melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

As a noun stoic

is proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (BCE) up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

As adjectives the difference between ostentatious and melodramatic

is that ostentatious is of ostentation while melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

As adjectives the difference between melodramatic and overwrought

is that melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action while overwrought is in a state of excessive nervousness, excitement, or anger; Extremely tense, anxious, or upset; filled with emotion, emotional; uneasy.