Spectacle

Quick meaning: Spectacle is a noun meaning An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

Meaning

An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

More Meanings

1. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
2. Attributive form of spectacles.
3. The brille of a snake.
4. (rail transport) A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

Example Sentences

He made a spectacle out of himself.

The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.

VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.

Some very interesting relics of Adam and Eve were shown us, that were brought from America; such as a fine-tooth comb, made of thorns, a part of a pair of leather spectacle frames, without glasses, a boot jack made of ebony, and a set of pawpaws of props, with the backs filled with a hard substance, resembling lava.

Word Forms

• spectacles

Synonyms for spectacle

Depending on context, synonyms include show, pageant, glasses, eyeglasses, specs.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eyeglasses, specs, glasses, display, showmanship, showcase.

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