NOUN | communication | spectacle | something or someone seen / seen / seen (especially a notable or unusual sight / sight) |
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artifact | spectacle | an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale | |
act | spectacle | a blunder that makes you look ridiculous |
Sounds | speh'ktahkahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Something or someone seen / seen / seen (especially a notable or unusual sight / sight). | |
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Example | "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape" | |
Broader | sight | Anything that is seen |
Spanish | espectáculo, show | |
Catalan | espectacle | |
Adjectives | spectacular | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
Meaning | An elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale. | |
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Narrower | bullfight, corrida | A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle |
naumachy, naumachia | A naval spectacle | |
Broader | display, presentation | A visual representation of something |
Spanish | espectáculo | |
Adjectives | spectacular | characteristic of spectacles or drama / drama |
Meaning | A blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase 'make a spectacle of' yourself. | |
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Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | An embarrassing mistake |
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