spectacle

n. பொதுக்காட்சி, பொதுமக்களுக்கான காட்சி, கண்காட்சி, காணத்தக்க காட்சி.

Synonyms

sight exhibition display parade demonstration picture scene representation gazingstock show pageant flourish

Antonyms

nondemonstration noncelebration

Spec"ta*cle, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. spectaculum, fr. spectare to look at, to behold, v. intens. fr. specere. See Spy.] 1. 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. O, piteous spectacle O, bloody times! Shak. 2. A spy-glass; a looking-glass. [Obs.] Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see. Chaucer. 3. pl. Defn: 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. 4. pl. Defn: Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight. Shakespeare . . . needed not the spectacles of books to read nature. Dryden. Syn. -- Show; sight; exhibition; representation; pageant.

spectacle - Similar Words

spectacles spectacled bespectacled aspectable spectral pentacle suspectable subtectacle spectacular secale