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stagyadjectiveor stagey given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage actinga motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit dramatic, hammy, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical(also theatric) actorish, actorly, actressyoveracted, overdone, sensational, stagedconspicuous, elaborate, flamboyant, grandiose, ostentatious, showyaffected, artificial, exaggerated, mannered, pretentious, self-conscious, studied, unnatural undramatic nondramatic, nontheatrical, unaffected, underplayed, unpretentiousmuted, restrained, subdued, toned (down)conservative, discreet, inconspicuousmodest, plain, quiet, simple having the general quality or effect of a stage performancethe president's and the prime minister's public display of mutual admiration was a little too stagy to be convincing dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, operatic, theatrical(also theatric) affected, emotional, emotionalistic, sensationalactorish, actorly, actressy, dramaturgic(or dramaturgical), ham, hammyamazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, exciting, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous(or marvellous), spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrousoverdramatic undramatic matter-of-fact, monotonous, uneventful, unexcitinguninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacularcommon, commonplace, ordinary, stale, unexceptional in 1856 |