spectacle
spectacle is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. A spy-glass; a looking-glass.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
- 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"
Common word forms
spectacled, spectacles, spectacleless
Words from these letters
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