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Meaning of scenery-chewing | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting

Examples

“When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, "Art will tear your heart out."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

sceneryless scenesetting sceney scenic scenical scenographic

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