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hammy

adjective

ham·​my ˈha-mē How to pronounce hammy (audio)
hammier; hammiest
: marked by exaggerated and usually self-conscious theatricality
hammily adverb
hamminess noun

Example Sentences

a hammy singer whose overwrought renditions of love songs just beg listeners to cry
Recent Examples on the Web Now, as my hammy words hang in the air, a silence stretches out. WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022 As in all Trump-era fiction, the lessons of this novel rely on the assumption of a shared (liberal, suburban) politics, turning a hammy but outsized story into something extremely generic. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 The film has had a few detractors, with Tom Hanks’ hammy performance as Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’ manager, drawing much of the fire. Brent Lang, Variety, 24 June 2022 John, 75, was delightfully hammy between songs, popping up from his piano bench to point and grin at the crowd while mouthing thanks and leading a concert that felt brisk, but never rote. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022 As if that wasn't enough, Jennifer Lawrence is in the mix as young Mystique, and Kevin Bacon plays the wonderfully hammy villain. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 29 Apr. 2022 Unfortunately, the performances are uneven, and Labovitz has sanctioned acting choices that can be unadvisedly clowning and hammy. Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 In an opening cinematic, an amusingly hammy narrator growls the story over a lavishly violent slideshow of concept art. Will Bedingfield, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022 When making her hammy chickpea soup, recipe developer and author Carla Lalli Music purées half for a best-of-both-worlds situation: creamy (without the dairy!) and chunky at the same time. Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hammy was in 1929
BNC: 48807 COCA: 38648

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