Dramatic Drəˈmætɪk Effect Extra Examples I Adjective Increase/Change/Improvement/Shift

• a dramatic increase/change/improvement/shift
• there has been a dramatic rise in reported crime.
• a dramatic decline/drop/fall/reducution in value
• the announcement had a dramatic effect on house prices.

dramatic

1. sudden, very great and often surprising
• a dramatic increase/change/improvement/shift
• There has been a dramatic rise in reported crime.
• a dramatic decline/drop/fall/reducution in value
• The announcement had a dramatic effect on house prices.
• Climate change will have a dramatic impact on the health of the planet.

Extra Examples

• I need to see a dramatic improvement in your work.
• There was a dramatic fall in population.
2. exciting and impressive
• a dramatic victory
• They watched dramatic pictures of the police raid on TV.
• This scene lacked the dramatic impact that it should have had.
• set against the dramatic backcloth of Mont Blanc

Extra Examples

• There is superb dramatic tension in the silences.
• the dramatic rescue of nine trapped coal miners
• There were dramatic scenes in the capital's central square.
3. connected with the theatre or plays
• a local dramatic society
• Students will study various plays and dramatic texts.
• a dramatic monologue
• She went on to study dramatic arts at Columbia University.
4. exaggerated in order to create a special effect and attract people’s attention
• He flung out his arms in a dramatic gesture.
• Don't be so dramatic!
• Must you be so dramatic about everything?

Extra Examples

• I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but it changed my life.
• I heard her yawn into the phone, in a dramatic fashion like everything she did.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek dramatikos, from drama, dramat-, from dran ‘do, act’.