stagy
Adjective Satellite
- having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
- "stagy heroics"
Adj
- theatrical
- unnaturally showy
- melodramatic; sensationalized
Adjective
- Having a theatrical or artificial quality; overly dramatic.
Examples
- His opponent’s dramatic sigh after a low-scoring word felt quite stagy.
Origin / Etymology
From stage + -y.
Synonyms
stagey, Woosterian, affected, ballyhooed, dramatic, effete, fey, histrionic, hoity-toity, overdramatic, overrefined, pansified, precious, pretentious, recherché, scenic, smug, stagy, stilted, theatric, theatrical, thespian
Scrabble Score: 9
stagy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstagy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stagy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary