"drama queen" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-drama queen.ogg [Australia] Forms: drama queens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drama queen (plural drama queens)
  1. (idiomatic, informal, derogatory) An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Female people, People, Personality Synonyms: attention whore [vulgar] Derived forms: drama queenery Translations (exaggeratedly dramatic person): 戲精 (Chinese Mandarin), 戏精 (xìjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), relnicht [masculine] (Dutch), dramanicht [masculine] (Dutch), ylidramaattinen [adjective] (Finnish), draamakuningatar (Finnish), hysterische Tussi [feminine] (German), Schauspielerin [feminine] (German), Dramaqueen [feminine] (German), ratu drama (Indonesian), tragediante [feminine, masculine, uncommon] (Italian), aferzystka [feminine] (Polish), dramático [masculine] (Portuguese), dramática [feminine] (Portuguese), короле́ва дра́мы (koroléva drámy) [feminine] (Russian), истери́чка (isteríčka) (english: hysterical woman/girl) [feminine] (Russian), dramático [masculine] (Spanish), dramática [feminine] (Spanish), teatrero [masculine] (Spanish), teatrera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-drama_queen-en-noun-mtOX93OF Disambiguation of Female people: 85 15 Disambiguation of People: 83 17 Disambiguation of Personality: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34

Verb

Audio: en-au-drama queen.ogg [Australia] Forms: drama queens [present, singular, third-person], drama queening [participle, present], drama queened [participle, past], drama queened [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} drama queen (third-person singular simple present drama queens, present participle drama queening, simple past and past participle drama queened)
  1. (informal, intransitive, uncommon) To behave in an exaggerately dramatic fashion. Tags: informal, intransitive, uncommon Related terms: drama king, show-off, status dramaticus
    Sense id: en-drama_queen-en-verb-P~HKwHlC

Inflected forms

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