actorish

[ ak-ter-ish ]

adjective

1. exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:

   a stagy, actorish voice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of actorish¹

actor + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Despite the added tension, the series is made with a dedication to keeping things from getting too sensational, too declamatory, too actorish.

From Los Angeles Times

In a letter to a colleague, the director wrote that his voice, “is neither patronizing, nor is it intimidating, nor is it pompous, overly dramatic or actorish. Despite this, it is interesting.”

From Slate

“The voice is neither patronizing, nor is it intimidating, nor is it pompous, overly dramatic or actorish. Despite this, it is interesting.”

From New York Times

It’s a risky thing to give a performance that you know some people will dismiss as mannered or arch or artificial or, worst of all, actorish.

From Slate

Marie examined the front-view and profile photographs of Smith: an arrogant face, tough, yet not entirely, for there was about it a peculiar refinement; the lips and nose seemed nicely made, and she thought the eyes, with their moist, dreamy expression, rather pretty—rather, in an actorish way, sensitive.

From Literature