| NOUN | communication | spectacle | something or someone seen / seen / seen (especially a notable or unusual sight / sight) |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | spectacle | an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale | |
| act | spectacle | a blunder that makes you look ridiculous |
| Sounds | speh'ktahkahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Something or someone seen / seen / seen (especially a notable or unusual sight / sight). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | An embarrassing mistake |
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