English dictionary
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English noun: spectacle | |||
| 1. | spectacle (communication) something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight) | ||
| Samples | The tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sight | ||
| 2. | spectacle (artifact) an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, presentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bullfight, corrida, naumachia, naumachy | ||
| 3. | spectacle (act) a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
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