drama queen

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drama queen

noun drama queens

  1. derogatory, idiomatic, informal An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. Or a diva or a narcissist. If he is thwarted in his effort to enjoy them, he may either go to the dogs or the drama queens, become short-tempered, sullen, grouchy and eventually feel that, in a way he is a failure.

    Similar: attention whore, DQ

verb drama queens · drama queening · drama queened

  1. informal, intransitive, uncommon To behave in an exaggerately dramatic fashion. Stop the drama queening. Stop the pity parties. You've maxed out. Look, we all have trouble in our lives but most of us aren't hanging our dirty laundry out there for the whole world to see.

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noun exaggeratedly dramatic person

Españoldramático, dramática, teatrero, teatrera
中文戲精 /戏精 xìjīng
Portuguêsdramático, dramática
Deutschhysterische Tussi, Schauspielerin, Dramaqueen
Italianotragediante
Русскийкороле́ва дра́мы koroléva drámy, истери́чка isteríčka

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@misc{drama_queen_2026,
  title = {drama queen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drama%20queen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}