Synonym: display, exhibition, pageant, show, sight. Similar words: spectacular, obstacle, aspect, suspect, spectrum, prospect, inspector, introspect. Meaning: ['spektəkl] n. 1. something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight) 2. an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale 3. a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself.
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(31) He got drunk and made a spectacle of himself in the club.
(32) Sitting pole-axed on the sofa, Mahoney stared in astonishment at the spectacle before him.
(33) Spectacle, it was argued, must be fought with spectacle.
(34) They didn't make a spectacle of themselves.
(35) The whole thing was a sorry spectacle.
(36) You're simply making a spectacle of yourself.
(37) But the songs featuring the dancers provided the spectacle.
(38) Cushion; mini purse; pin cushion; spectacle case.
(39) Not a breath of air disturbs the tranquil spectacle.
(40) Seeing Hank in a dress was quite a spectacle.
(41) Its chief selling points are scale and spectacle.
(42) This spectacle usually took place in a city park.
(43) He had made a public spectacle of them both.
(44) Thousands camped around the village to witness the spectacle.
(45) The spectacle can be weird, unpleasant(sentencedict.com), a turn-off.
(46) The village is to enjoy the spectacle of me, pushing an old woman in a bath-chair.
(47) Although spectacle lenses will correct errors, they can not replace vision that does not exist.
(48) That adds up to 30 minutes of supercharged Hollywood spectacle.
(49) We long ago ceased to enjoy hanging as a public spectacle.
(50) To the naked eye it was a glorious spectacle; through the telescope, it was unbelievable.
(51) But Bobby just sat there with a wolfish grin as guests moved in to witness the spectacle.
(52) The spectacle before her, half obscured by the lashing spray, left an indelible impression.
(53) The sight of European tourists dancing in grass skirts made a bizarre spectacle.
(54) The spectacle after a kill is not for the squeamish.
(55) In some ways, Taylor is an unusual candidate to be the connoisseur of such a garish spectacle.
(56) Visitors to London are often shocked by the spectacle of people begging in the streets.
(57) It was no longer a strange sight to see blind men at a spectacle.
(58) But catastrophe produces spectacle; this is the hard lesson imparted by California history and geology.
(59) The sometimes inattentive audience only betrayed the fact that they were as much participants in the total popular-cultural spectacle as the performers.
(60) It is the most costly spectacle on earth and it can not be repeated again this century.
More similar words: spectacular, obstacle, aspect, suspect, spectrum, prospect, inspector, introspect, inspection, perspective, respectively, introspection, with respect to, irrespective of, manacle, miracle, special, species, specify, specific, expect, especially, specialty, speculate, specialist, specialize, expected, speculation, specifically, unexpected.