melodrama

1. (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.archaicuncountable

2. (countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.countable

3. (countable, opera) A passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks.Examples: "The grave-digging scene in Beethoven's “Fidelio” has much melodrama."; "Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends."countable

4. (uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.colloquialfigurativelyuncountable