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Spectacle has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)

"the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"

2

an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale

"The fireworks show over the harbor was nothing short of a spectacular sight that left everyone in awe."

3

a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself

"After tripping over his own shoelaces right before the speech, he really made a spectacle of himself."

4

An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

"The firework display over the lake was a spectacular sight that left everyone in awe."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sight display blunder
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bullfight naumachy
Rhyming Words
cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle
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