Spectacle
['spektək(ə)l] or ['spɛktəkl]
Definition
(noun.) a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself.
(noun.) an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale.
(noun.) something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); 'the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape'.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock.
(n.) A spy-glass; a looking-glass.
(n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
(n.) Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Show, exhibition, sight, scene, representation, display, pageant, parade.[2]. Curiosity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sight, exhibition, display, parade, demonstration, picture, scene, representation,gazingstock, show, pageant, flourish
ANT:Nondemonstration, noncelebration
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Definition
n. a sight: show a pageant exhibition: (pl.) a pair of lenses mounted in frames to assist the sight aids to mental vision: a marking resembling spectacles as in the cobra.—adjs. Spec′tacled wearing spectacles: marked like spectacles as the bear cobra &c.; Spectac′ular marked by display.—n. Spectacular′ity.—adv. Spectac′ularly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of spectacles, foretells that strangers will cause changes in your affairs. Frauds will be practised on your credulity. To dream that you see broken spectacles, denotes estrangement caused by fondness for illegal pleasures.
Checker: Lorenzo
Examples
- I have nothing against him but such a spectacle must terminate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Altogether, it was the bluest, bluest spectacle! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The city of Messina, milk-white, and starred and spangled all over with gaslights, was a fairy spectacle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yet, the spectacle of only one little mourner hobbling after, caused many people to turn their heads with a look of interest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have had my eye on her several times since you withdrew yours; and I have had the honour of witnessing a little spectacle which you were spared. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Aside from the development of the motion picture as a spectacle, there has gone on an evolution in its use for educational purposes of wide range, which must not be overlooked. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Any solemn rite, any spectacle of sincere worship, any opening for appeal to God was as welcome to me then as bread to one in extremity of want. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I understand he makes a perfect spectacle of himself at the Casino, and that sort of places, by going on about me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Joe and I going to church, therefore, must have been a moving spectacle for compassionate minds. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That spectacle would provoke my brother Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, and pushed her chair back from the table. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Helstone pushed up his spectacles from his nose to his forehead, handled his snuff-box, and administered to himself a portion of the contents. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here is the rivet of your mistress's spectacles out. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mr Wegg (who had had nothing else in his mind for several nights) took off his spectacles with an air of bland surprise. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- One was an elderly man, with white hair and large rimmed spectacles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The old gentleman was a very respectable-looking personage, with a powdered head and gold spectacles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I got at my spectacles, with some fumbling and difficulty, feeling the Sergeant's dismal eyes fixed on me all the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have the pleasure, madam, (to Mrs. Bates,) of restoring your spectacles, healed for the present. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Silas receives one from his hand, which Venus takes from a wonderful litter in a drawer, and putting on his spectacles, reads: '“Mr Venus,”' 'Yes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was not in general a lady's man, though all ladies liked him; something of a book-worm he was, near-sighted, spectacled, now and then abstracted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His kind sister Margaret, spectacled and learned like himself, made him happy in his single state; he considered it too late to change. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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