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spectacle
[ spek-tuh-kuhl ]
noun
- anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind:
The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a public show or display, especially on a large scale:
The coronation was a lavish spectacle.
- spectacles. eyeglasses, especially with pieces passing over or around the ears for holding them in place.
- Often spectacles.
- something resembling spectacles in shape or function.
- any of various devices suggesting spectacles, as one attached to a semaphore to display lights or different colors by colored glass.
- Obsolete. a spyglass.
spectacle
/ ˈɛəə /
noun
- a public display or performance, esp a showy or ceremonial one
- a thing or person seen, esp an unusual or ridiculous one
he makes a spectacle of himself
- a strange or interesting object or phenomenon
- modifier of or relating to spectacles
a spectacle case
Other 51Թ Forms
- t·· adjective
- t·· adjective
- p·t· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spectacle1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spectacle1
Idioms and Phrases
- make a spectacle of oneself, to call attention to one's unseemly behavior; behave foolishly or badly in public:
They tell me I made a spectacle of myself at the party last night.
Example Sentences
Donald Trump, like other historically powerful authoritarians and autocrats, is a master of spectacle and distraction.
In 1991’s “The Doors,” Oliver Stone pushed the boundaries of a music biopic to make a calamitous, imperfect work that could accurately reflect the spectacle that was Jim Morrison’s life.
This intimate spectacle was a hit in Asia for years, before the isolation of the pandemic and the existential threat of AI.
The deportation campaign of undocumented immigrants is about what I expected, although the sickening spectacle they are making of it is even more grotesque than I thought it would be.
The spectacle and disruption XR caused generated massive media attention, but the police were furious.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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