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staginess
an artificial and mannered quality
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theatre
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acting
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area
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arena
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auditorium
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coliseum
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drama
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dramaturgy
,
hippodrome
,
histrionics
,
melodrama
,
opera house
,
performance
,
performing
,
playhouse
,
scene
,
setting
,
show business
,
stagecraft
,
staginess
,
the boards
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the stage
,
theatrics
showing off
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blazon
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bravura
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brilliancy
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
display
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
histrionics
,
manifestation
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
sham
,
show
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
theatrics
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vaunt
melodramatics
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related words >
Thespian art
,
amateur theatricals
,
blood and thunder
,
demonstrativeness
,
dramatic art
,
dramatic form
,
dramatic irony
,
dramatic stroke
,
dramatic structure
,
dramaticism
,
dramatics
,
dramatism
,
dramaturgy
,
emotional appeal
,
emotionalism
,
emotionality
,
emotionalization
,
emotionalizing
,
emotiveness
,
emotivity
,
histrionics
,
histrionism
,
human interest
,
love interest
,
making scenes
,
melodrama
,
nonrationalness
,
play construction
,
sensationalism
,
staginess
,
theatricalism
,
theatricality
,
theatricals
,
theatricism
,
theatrics
,
unreasoningness
,
visceralness
,
yellow journalism
dramatics
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participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity
related words >
Thespian art
,
amateur theatricals
,
blazon
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
display
,
dramatic art
,
dramatic form
,
dramatic irony
,
dramatic stroke
,
dramatic structure
,
dramaticism
,
dramatism
,
dramaturgy
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
histrionics
,
histrionism
,
manifestation
,
melodramatics
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
play construction
,
sensationalism
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
theatricalism
,
theatricality
,
theatricals
,
theatricism
,
theatrics
,
vaunt
pageantry
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related words >
blazon
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
ceremony
,
cosmorama
,
cyclorama
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
diorama
,
display
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibit
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
exposition
,
extravagance
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
georama
,
histrionics
,
light show
,
magnificence
,
manifestation
,
myriorama
,
pageant
,
panorama
,
parade
,
phantasmagoria
,
pomp
,
presentation
,
psychedelic show
,
representation
,
sham
,
shifting scene
,
show
,
showiness
,
showing-off
,
sight
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
stage show
,
staginess
,
tableau
,
tableau vivant
,
theatrics
,
vaunt
histrionics
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a deliberate display of emotion for effect
related words >
Thespian art
,
amateur theatricals
,
blazon
,
blood and thunder
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
demonstrativeness
,
display
,
dramatic art
,
dramatic form
,
dramatic irony
,
dramatic stroke
,
dramatic structure
,
dramaticism
,
dramatics
,
dramatism
,
dramaturgy
,
eclat
,
emotional appeal
,
emotionalism
,
emotionality
,
emotionalization
,
emotionalizing
,
emotiveness
,
emotivity
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
histrionism
,
human interest
,
love interest
,
making scenes
,
manifestation
,
melodrama
,
melodramatics
,
nonrationalness
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
play construction
,
sensationalism
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
theatricalism
,
theatricality
,
theatricals
,
theatricism
,
theatrics
,
unreasoningness
,
vaunt
,
visceralness
,
yellow journalism
theatrics
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related words >
Thespian art
,
amateur theatricals
,
blazon
,
blood and thunder
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
demonstrativeness
,
display
,
dramatic art
,
dramatic form
,
dramatic irony
,
dramatic stroke
,
dramatic structure
,
dramaticism
,
dramatics
,
dramatism
,
dramaturgy
,
eclat
,
emotional appeal
,
emotionalism
,
emotionality
,
emotionalization
,
emotionalizing
,
emotiveness
,
emotivity
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
histrionics
,
histrionism
,
human interest
,
love interest
,
making scenes
,
manifestation
,
melodrama
,
melodramatics
,
nonrationalness
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
play construction
,
sensationalism
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
theatricalism
,
theatricality
,
theatricals
,
theatricism
,
unreasoningness
,
vaunt
,
visceralness
,
yellow journalism
vaunt
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extravagant self-praise
related words >
advertise
,
air
,
blazon
,
blazon forth
,
blow
,
bluster
,
boast
,
boastfulness
,
boasting
,
bombast
,
brag
,
braggadocio
,
braggartism
,
bragging
,
brandish
,
bravado
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
cock-a-doodle-doo
,
conceit
,
crow
,
dangle
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstrate
,
demonstration
,
display
,
dramatics
,
draw the longbow
,
eclat
,
emblazon
,
etalage
,
exhibit
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flash
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
gasconade
,
gasconism
,
heroics
,
histrionics
,
hold up
,
jactation
,
jactitation
,
manifest
,
manifestation
,
mouth
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
prate
,
puff
,
put forth
,
put forward
,
rodomontade
,
sham
,
show
,
show off
,
showing-off
,
side
,
speak for Buncombe
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
sport
,
staginess
,
swagger
,
theatrics
,
trumpet
,
trumpet forth
,
vanity
,
vapor
,
vauntery
,
vaunting
,
wave
exhibition
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the act of exhibiting; "a remarkable exhibition of musicianship"
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
related words >
benefit
,
bill
,
blazon
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
cosmorama
,
cyclorama
,
daring
,
dash
,
debut
,
demo
,
demonstration
,
diorama
,
display
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
enactment
,
entertainment
,
etalage
,
exhibit
,
exhibitionism
,
expo
,
exposition
,
exposure
,
fair
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
farewell performance
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flesh show
,
flourish
,
georama
,
histrionics
,
light show
,
manifestation
,
myriorama
,
offering
,
opening
,
ostentation
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
panorama
,
parade
,
performance
,
phantasmagoria
,
pomp
,
premiere
,
presentation
,
presentment
,
production
,
projection
,
psychedelic show
,
representation
,
retrospective
,
sham
,
shifting scene
,
show
,
showing
,
showing-off
,
sight
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
stage presentation
,
stage show
,
staginess
,
swan song
,
tableau
,
tableau vivant
,
theatrical performance
,
theatrics
,
tryout
,
unfolding
,
unfoldment
,
unveiling
,
varnishing day
,
vaunt
,
vernissage
splurge
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an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
be showy or ostentatious
indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
related words >
access
,
binge
,
blazon
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
budget
,
burst
,
cost
,
cost out
,
cut a dash
,
cut a figure
,
cut a swath
,
daring
,
dash
,
dazzle
,
demonstration
,
disburse
,
display
,
douse
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
expend
,
extravagance
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
fling
,
flourish
,
fork out
,
glare
,
glitter
,
go through
,
histrionics
,
incur costs
,
indulgence
,
invest
,
lay out
,
make a figure
,
make a show
,
make a splash
,
manifestation
,
open the purse
,
orgy
,
ostentatiousness
,
outburst
,
outlay
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
pay
,
pay out
,
plash
,
put out
,
rampage
,
run through
,
schedule
,
sham
,
shell out
,
shine
,
show
,
showing-off
,
sink money in
,
slop
,
slosh
,
spatter
,
spectacle
,
spend
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splosh
,
spree
,
spurtle
,
squander
,
staginess
,
swash
,
theatrics
,
throw money around
,
vaunt
exhibitionism
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the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
related words >
active algolagnia
,
algolagnia
,
algolagny
,
amphierotism
,
autoeroticism
,
baring
,
bisexuality
,
blazon
,
boldness
,
bravura
,
brazenness
,
brilliancy
,
coprophilia
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
denudation
,
desquamation
,
display
,
divestment
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
excoriation
,
exfoliation
,
exhibition
,
exposure
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
fetishism
,
figure
,
flagrancy
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
forwardness
,
heterosexuality
,
histrionics
,
homoeroticism
,
homosexualism
,
homosexuality
,
immodesty
,
impudicity
,
incest
,
incestuousness
,
indecent exposure
,
laying bare
,
lesbianism
,
manifestation
,
masochism
,
narcissism
,
necrophilia
,
notoriousness
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
paraphilia
,
passive algolagnia
,
pedophilia
,
removal
,
sadism
,
sadomasochism
,
sapphism
,
scotophilia
,
sexual inversion
,
sexual normality
,
sexual preference
,
sham
,
shamelessness
,
show
,
showing-off
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
stripping
,
swinging both ways
,
theatrics
,
transvestitism
,
tribadism
,
tribady
,
uncovering
,
unembarrassedness
,
unmodestness
,
vaunt
,
voyeurism
,
zooerastia
,
zoophilia
fanfaronade
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anniversaries
,
blazon
,
bluff
,
bluster
,
bluster and bluff
,
blustering
,
boast
,
boastfulness
,
boasting
,
bombast
,
brag
,
braggadocio
,
braggartism
,
bragging
,
bravado
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
bullying
,
bustle
,
celebrating
,
celebration
,
ceremony
,
commemoration
,
conceit
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
display
,
dramatics
,
dressing ship
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
false front
,
fanfare
,
festivity
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
flourish of trumpets
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
fuss
,
gasconade
,
gasconism
,
hectoring
,
heroics
,
histrionics
,
holiday
,
intimidation
,
jactation
,
jactitation
,
jubilee
,
manifestation
,
marking the occasion
,
memorialization
,
memory
,
observance
,
ovation
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
rant
,
rejoicing
,
religious rites
,
remembrance
,
revel
,
rite
,
ritual observance
,
rodomontade
,
salute
,
salvo
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
side
,
solemn observance
,
solemnization
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
staginess
,
swagger
,
swashbucklery
,
testimonial
,
testimonial banquet
,
testimonial dinner
,
theatrics
,
toast
,
tribute
,
triumph
,
vanity
,
vaunt
,
vauntery
,
vaunting
eclat
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brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"
related words >
PR
,
acclaim
,
acclamation
,
applause
,
ballyhoo
,
bang
,
big hand
,
blazon
,
blurb
,
bravura
,
bright light
,
brilliance
,
brilliancy
,
burst of applause
,
celebrity
,
character
,
cheer
,
clap
,
clapping
,
clapping of hands
,
common knowledge
,
cry
,
currency
,
daring
,
dash
,
daylight
,
demonstration
,
display
,
distinction
,
dramatics
,
encore
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
exposure
,
false front
,
fame
,
famousness
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
glare
,
glory
,
hand
,
handclap
,
handclapping
,
histrionics
,
hoopla
,
hue and cry
,
kudos
,
limelight
,
luster
,
manifestation
,
maximum dissemination
,
name
,
notoriety
,
notoriousness
,
ovation
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
plaudit
,
plug
,
popularity
,
press notice
,
prominence
,
public eye
,
public knowledge
,
public relations
,
public report
,
publicity
,
publicity story
,
publicness
,
puff
,
reclame
,
recognition
,
remarkableness
,
renown
,
report
,
reputation
,
repute
,
round of applause
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
spotlight
,
staginess
,
standing
,
the bubble reputation
,
theatrics
,
thunder of applause
,
vaunt
,
vogue
,
write-up
virtuosity
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technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
related words >
ability
,
accomplishment
,
address
,
adeptness
,
adroitness
,
aesthetics
,
airmanship
,
artfulness
,
artisanship
,
artistic taste
,
artistry
,
ascendancy
,
bravura
,
brilliance
,
capability
,
capacity
,
cleverness
,
command
,
competence
,
connoisseurship
,
control
,
coordination
,
craft
,
craftsmanship
,
cunning
,
dash
,
deanship
,
deftness
,
dexterity
,
dexterousness
,
dextrousness
,
dilettantism
,
diplomacy
,
ear for music
,
eclat
,
efficiency
,
elan
,
epicureanism
,
epicurism
,
excellence
,
expertise
,
expertism
,
facility
,
favor
,
finesse
,
flair
,
friandise
,
gastronomy
,
grace
,
greatness
,
grip
,
handiness
,
horsemanship
,
incomparability
,
ingeniousness
,
ingenuity
,
inimitability
,
know-how
,
lead
,
majority
,
marksmanship
,
mastership
,
mastery
,
musical ear
,
musical sense
,
musical talent
,
musicality
,
musicianship
,
one-upmanship
,
panache
,
perfect pitch
,
practical ability
,
precedence
,
predominance
,
predomination
,
preeminence
,
preponderance
,
prepotence
,
prepotency
,
prerogative
,
prestige
,
priority
,
privilege
,
proficiency
,
prowess
,
pyrotechnics
,
quickness
,
readiness
,
relative pitch
,
resource
,
resourcefulness
,
right-of-way
,
savoir-faire
,
savvy
,
seamanship
,
seniority
,
sense of rhythm
,
show
,
showmanship
,
skill
,
skillfulness
,
staginess
,
style
,
success
,
superiority
,
tact
,
tactfulness
,
technical brilliance
,
technical mastery
,
technical skill
,
technique
,
timing
,
transcendence
,
transcendency
,
virtu
,
wit
,
wizardry
,
workmanship
flaunting
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related words >
Gongoresque
,
Johnsonian
,
affected
,
bedizened
,
big-sounding
,
blatant
,
blazon
,
blinding
,
brandish
,
brandishing
,
brave
,
bravura
,
braw
,
brazen
,
brazenfaced
,
brilliancy
,
chichi
,
colorful
,
convoluted
,
crude
,
daring
,
dash
,
dashing
,
declamatory
,
demonstration
,
display
,
dramatics
,
dressy
,
eclat
,
elevated
,
etalage
,
euphuistic
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
exhibitionistic
,
extravagant
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flagrant
,
flair
,
flamboyant
,
flaming
,
flaring
,
flashing
,
flashy
,
flaunt
,
flourish
,
flourishing
,
frilly
,
frothy
,
fulsome
,
gallant
,
garish
,
gaudy
,
gay
,
glaring
,
glittering
,
gorgeous
,
grandiloquent
,
grandiose
,
grandisonant
,
high-flowing
,
high-flown
,
high-flying
,
high-sounding
,
highfalutin
,
histrionics
,
inkhorn
,
jaunty
,
jazzy
,
labyrinthine
,
lexiphanic
,
lofty
,
loud
,
lurid
,
magniloquent
,
manifestation
,
meretricious
,
obtrusive
,
orotund
,
ostentatious
,
overbright
,
overdone
,
overelaborate
,
overinvolved
,
overwrought
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
pedantic
,
pompous
,
pretentious
,
rakish
,
raw
,
rhetorical
,
screaming
,
sensational
,
sensationalistic
,
sententious
,
shaking
,
sham
,
shameless
,
show
,
showing-off
,
showy
,
shrieking
,
snazzy
,
sonorous
,
spectacle
,
spectacular
,
splash
,
splashy
,
splurge
,
splurgy
,
sporty
,
staginess
,
stilted
,
tall
,
tawdry
,
theatrics
,
tortuous
,
undulation
,
vaunt
,
vulgar
,
wave
,
wave motion
,
waving
theatrical
collapse
suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life"
of or relating to the theater
related words >
Roscius
,
Thespian art
,
actor
,
actor-proof
,
actress
,
affected
,
all-star
,
amateur theatricals
,
antagonist
,
artificial
,
bad guy
,
ballet
,
balletic
,
barnstormer
,
camp
,
campy
,
character
,
character actor
,
character man
,
character woman
,
child actor
,
cinematic
,
cinematographic
,
diseur
,
diseuse
,
dramatic
,
dramatic art
,
dramatic form
,
dramatic irony
,
dramatic stroke
,
dramatic structure
,
dramatical
,
dramaticism
,
dramatics
,
dramatism
,
dramatizer
,
dramaturgic
,
dramaturgy
,
emotionalistic
,
emotive
,
exaggerated
,
extravagant
,
fake
,
false
,
feeder
,
film
,
filmic
,
foil
,
forced
,
grandstand
,
ham
,
hammy
,
heavy
,
histrio
,
histrion
,
histrionic
,
histrionics
,
histrionism
,
hysteric
,
ingenue
,
insincere
,
juvenile
,
la-di-da
,
legitimate
,
maniere
,
mannered
,
matinee idol
,
melodramatic
,
melodramatics
,
milked
,
mime
,
mimer
,
mimic
,
monodramatic
,
monologist
,
movie
,
mummer
,
nonrational
,
operatic
,
ostentatious
,
overacted
,
overacting
,
overdone
,
overemotional
,
overplayed
,
overwrought
,
pantomime
,
pantomimist
,
play construction
,
playactor
,
player
,
pretentious
,
protean actor
,
reciter
,
repertory
,
scenic
,
sensational
,
sensationalism
,
sensationalistic
,
showy
,
soubrette
,
spectacular
,
stage
,
stage performer
,
stage player
,
stagelike
,
stageworthy
,
staginess
,
stagy
,
starstruck
,
stellar
,
stooge
,
straight man
,
stroller
,
strolling player
,
theaterlike
,
theatric
,
theatricalism
,
theatricality
,
theatricals
,
theatricism
,
theatrics
,
thespian
,
thrown away
,
trouper
,
underacted
,
underplayed
,
unnatural
,
unreasoning
,
utility man
,
vaudevillian
,
villain
manifestation
collapse
a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; "a manifestation of disease"
a clear appearance; "a manifestation of great emotion"
related words >
announcement
,
apocalypse
,
apparition
,
appearance
,
appearing
,
arising
,
avatar
,
avowal
,
baring
,
basis for belief
,
blazon
,
body of evidence
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
chain of evidence
,
characterization
,
clue
,
coming
,
coming into being
,
coming-forth
,
daring
,
dash
,
data
,
datum
,
declaration
,
demonstration
,
denomination
,
denotation
,
designation
,
differentiation
,
discernibleness
,
disclosing
,
disclosure
,
discovering
,
discovery
,
display
,
documentation
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
emergence
,
epiphany
,
etalage
,
evidence
,
example
,
exhibit
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
expose
,
exposition
,
exposure
,
expression
,
fact
,
facts
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
fingering
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
forthcoming
,
grounds
,
grounds for belief
,
hint
,
histrionics
,
identification
,
incarnation
,
indication
,
indicativeness
,
instance
,
issuance
,
item of evidence
,
laying bare
,
mark
,
material grounds
,
materialization
,
materializing
,
meaning
,
muniments
,
mute witness
,
naming
,
observability
,
occurrence
,
opening
,
outcrop
,
outcropping
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
patefaction
,
perceptibility
,
picking out
,
piece of evidence
,
pointing
,
pointing out
,
pointing to
,
premises
,
presentation
,
proof
,
publication
,
realization
,
reason to believe
,
relevant fact
,
removing the veil
,
revealing
,
revealment
,
revelation
,
rise
,
rising
,
seeableness
,
selection
,
sham
,
show
,
showing
,
showing forth
,
showing up
,
showing-off
,
showup
,
sign
,
signification
,
specification
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
stripping
,
suggestion
,
symptom
,
symptomaticness
,
the seen
,
the visible
,
theatrics
,
theophany
,
token
,
uncloaking
,
uncovering
,
unfolding
,
unfoldment
,
unmasking
,
unveiling
,
unwrapping
,
vaunt
,
visibility
,
visibleness
,
visuality
,
what is revealed
false front
collapse
related words >
acting
,
affectation
,
affectedness
,
airs
,
airs and graces
,
anteriority
,
appearance
,
artificiality
,
attitudinizing
,
blazon
,
bluff
,
bluffing
,
bold front
,
brave face
,
brave front
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
camouflage
,
cheating
,
cloak
,
color
,
coloring
,
cover
,
daring
,
dash
,
deception
,
delusion
,
demonstration
,
disguise
,
display
,
dissemblance
,
dissembling
,
dissimulation
,
domino
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
facade
,
face
,
facet
,
facia
,
fakery
,
faking
,
false air
,
false colors
,
false face
,
false show
,
falsity
,
fanfaronade
,
feigned belief
,
feigning
,
feint
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
fore
,
forefront
,
foreground
,
forehand
,
foreland
,
forepart
,
forequarter
,
foreside
,
foreword
,
four-flushing
,
fraud
,
front
,
front elevation
,
front man
,
front matter
,
front page
,
front view
,
frontage
,
frontal
,
frontier
,
frontispiece
,
gilt
,
gloss
,
head
,
heading
,
histrionics
,
humbug
,
humbuggery
,
hypocrisy
,
image
,
imposture
,
incognito
,
insincerity
,
lap
,
manifestation
,
mannerism
,
mask
,
masque
,
masquerade
,
mere show
,
meretriciousness
,
mummery
,
obverse
,
ostentation
,
outward show
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
playacting
,
pose
,
posing
,
posture
,
preface
,
prefix
,
pretense
,
pretension
,
pretext
,
priority
,
proscenium
,
protective coloration
,
prunes and prisms
,
public image
,
put-on
,
putting on airs
,
representation
,
seeming
,
semblance
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
simulacrum
,
simulation
,
smoke screen
,
speciousness
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
staginess
,
stylishness
,
theatrics
,
unnaturalness
,
varnish
,
vaunt
,
veil
,
visor
,
vizard
,
vizard mask
,
window dressing
sensationalism
collapse
the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
related words >
Barnumism
,
Thespian art
,
affectation
,
aggrandizement
,
amateur theatricals
,
amplification
,
ballyhoo
,
bedizenment
,
big talk
,
blatancy
,
blood and thunder
,
blowing up
,
brazenness
,
burlesque
,
caricature
,
colorfulness
,
convolution
,
crudeness
,
dash
,
dazzle
,
dazzlingness
,
demonstrativeness
,
dilatation
,
dilation
,
dramatic art
,
dramatic form
,
dramatic irony
,
dramatic stroke
,
dramatic structure
,
dramaticism
,
dramatics
,
dramatism
,
dramaturgy
,
emotional appeal
,
emotionalism
,
emotionality
,
emotionalization
,
emotionalizing
,
emotiveness
,
emotivity
,
enhancement
,
enlargement
,
exaggerating
,
exaggeration
,
excess
,
exorbitance
,
expansion
,
extravagance
,
extravaganza
,
extravagation
,
extreme
,
flagrancy
,
flamboyance
,
flashiness
,
flatulence
,
flatulency
,
fulsomeness
,
gaiety
,
garishness
,
gaudery
,
gaudiness
,
glare
,
glitter
,
gorgeousness
,
grandiloquence
,
grandioseness
,
grandiosity
,
heightening
,
high-flown diction
,
histrionics
,
histrionism
,
huckstering
,
human interest
,
hyperbole
,
hyperbolism
,
inflatedness
,
inflation
,
inordinacy
,
jauntiness
,
jazziness
,
lexiphanicism
,
loftiness
,
loudness
,
love interest
,
luridness
,
magnification
,
magniloquence
,
making scenes
,
melodrama
,
melodramatics
,
mere rhetoric
,
meretriciousness
,
nonrationalness
,
obtrusiveness
,
orotundity
,
ostentation
,
ostentatious complexity
,
overemphasis
,
overestimation
,
overkill
,
overstatement
,
panache
,
platitudinous ponderosity
,
play construction
,
polysyllabic profundity
,
pomposity
,
pompous prolixity
,
pompousness
,
pontification
,
pretension
,
pretentiousness
,
prodigality
,
profuseness
,
prose run mad
,
puffery
,
puffing up
,
rhetoric
,
rhetoricalness
,
sententiousness
,
shamelessness
,
showiness
,
sportiness
,
staginess
,
stiltedness
,
stretching
,
superlative
,
swelling utterance
,
swollen phrase
,
swollenness
,
tall talk
,
tawdriness
,
theatricalism
,
theatricality
,
theatricals
,
theatricism
,
theatrics
,
tortuosity
,
tortuousness
,
touting
,
travesty
,
tumidity
,
tumidness
,
turgescence
,
turgidity
,
unreasoningness
,
visceralness
,
vulgarness
,
yellow journalism
pageant
collapse
an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
a rich and spectacular ceremony
related words >
Grand Guignol
,
Passion play
,
Tom show
,
affair
,
antimasque
,
audience success
,
ballet
,
blazon
,
bomb
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
broadcast drama
,
burlesque show
,
ceremony
,
charade
,
cliff hanger
,
closet drama
,
comedy drama
,
cosmorama
,
critical success
,
cyclorama
,
daring
,
dash
,
daytime serial
,
demonstration
,
dialogue
,
diorama
,
disguise
,
display
,
documentary drama
,
drama
,
dramalogue
,
dramatic play
,
dramatic series
,
dramatics
,
duodrama
,
duologue
,
eclat
,
epic theater
,
etalage
,
event
,
exhibit
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
experimental theater
,
exposition
,
extravaganza
,
failure
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flop
,
flourish
,
formality
,
gala
,
gasser
,
georama
,
giveaway
,
grandeur
,
happening
,
histrionics
,
hit
,
hit show
,
improvisational drama
,
legitimate drama
,
light show
,
manifestation
,
masque
,
melodrama
,
minstrel show
,
miracle
,
miracle play
,
monodrama
,
monologue
,
morality
,
morality play
,
music drama
,
musical revue
,
myriorama
,
mystery
,
mystery play
,
opera
,
pageantry
,
panel show
,
panorama
,
pantomime
,
parade
,
pastoral
,
pastoral drama
,
phantasmagoria
,
piece
,
play
,
playlet
,
pomp
,
presentation
,
pretentiousness
,
problem play
,
procession
,
psychedelic show
,
psychodrama
,
quiz show
,
radio drama
,
representation
,
review
,
revue
,
ritual
,
sensational play
,
serial
,
sham
,
shifting scene
,
show
,
showing-off
,
sight
,
sitcom
,
situation comedy
,
sketch
,
skit
,
soap
,
soap opera
,
sociodrama
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
stage play
,
stage show
,
staginess
,
straight drama
,
success
,
suspense drama
,
tableau
,
tableau vivant
,
talk show
,
teleplay
,
television drama
,
television play
,
theater of cruelty
,
theatrics
,
total theater
,
variety show
,
vaudeville
,
vaudeville show
,
vaunt
,
vehicle
,
word-of-mouth success
,
work
daring
collapse
related words >
adventuresome
,
adventuresomeness
,
adventurous
,
adventurousness
,
arrogance
,
arrogant
,
audacious
,
audaciousness
,
audacity
,
balls
,
blazon
,
bold
,
bold front
,
boldness
,
bottle
,
brash
,
brash bearing
,
brashness
,
brassiness
,
brassy
,
bravado
,
brave
,
bravery
,
bravura
,
braw
,
brazen
,
brazenness
,
brilliancy
,
brinkmanship
,
bumptious
,
bumptiousness
,
challenging
,
cheekiness
,
cheeky
,
chichi
,
cockiness
,
cocky
,
contempt
,
contemptuous
,
contemptuousness
,
courage
,
courage fou
,
courageous
,
courting disaster
,
daredevil
,
daredevilry
,
daredeviltry
,
daringness
,
dash
,
dashing
,
death-defying
,
defial
,
defiance
,
defiant
,
defying
,
demonstration
,
derision
,
derisive
,
derring-do
,
despite
,
disdain
,
disdainful
,
display
,
disregard
,
disregardful
,
dramatics
,
dressy
,
eclat
,
enterprise
,
enterprising
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
exhibitionistic
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
fearless
,
fearlessness
,
figure
,
fire-eating
,
flair
,
flashing
,
flashy
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flirting with death
,
flourish
,
foolhardiness
,
foolhardy
,
forward
,
forwardness
,
frilly
,
frothy
,
gallant
,
gay
,
glittering
,
going for broke
,
greatly daring
,
grit
,
guts
,
gutsy
,
hardy
,
harebrained
,
harebrainedness
,
histrionics
,
impertinence
,
impertinent
,
impudence
,
impudent
,
insolence
,
insolent
,
intrepid
,
intrepidity
,
jaunty
,
jazzy
,
madbrain
,
madbrained
,
madcap
,
manifestation
,
mettle
,
mettlesome
,
nerve
,
nervy
,
overbold
,
overboldness
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
pert
,
pertness
,
playing with fire
,
pluck
,
plucky
,
presumption
,
presumptuous
,
presumptuousness
,
rakish
,
rash
,
reckless
,
regardless of consequences
,
sauciness
,
saucy
,
sham
,
show
,
showing-off
,
showy
,
snazzy
,
spectacle
,
spirit
,
splash
,
splashy
,
splurge
,
splurgy
,
sporty
,
spunk
,
staginess
,
temerarious
,
theatrics
,
unafraid
,
valor
,
valorous
,
vaunt
,
venturesome
,
venturesomeness
,
venturous
,
venturousness
,
wild
,
wild-ass
flair
collapse
a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
related words >
ability
,
ableness
,
acuity
,
acumen
,
acuteness
,
adequacy
,
adroitness
,
an ear for
,
an eye for
,
aptitude
,
aptness
,
art
,
artistic skill
,
artistry
,
arty-craftiness
,
bent
,
blazon
,
braininess
,
bravura
,
brightness
,
brilliance
,
brilliancy
,
bump
,
caliber
,
capability
,
capableness
,
capacity
,
capacity for
,
chic
,
clear thinking
,
cleverness
,
competence
,
critical discernment
,
daring
,
dash
,
demonstration
,
dexterity
,
discernment
,
display
,
dower
,
dowry
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
efficacy
,
efficiency
,
elan
,
elegance
,
endowment
,
equipment
,
esprit
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
facility
,
faculty
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
feel
,
felicity
,
figure
,
fitness
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flourish
,
forte
,
genius
,
genius for
,
gift
,
gift for
,
giftedness
,
gifts
,
glamor
,
head
,
histrionics
,
inclination
,
innate aptitude
,
insight
,
instinct
,
judgment
,
keen-wittedness
,
keenness
,
knack
,
leaning
,
long suit
,
makings
,
manifestation
,
mental alertness
,
mercurial mind
,
metier
,
mind
,
native cleverness
,
natural endowment
,
natural gift
,
nimble mind
,
nimble-wittedness
,
nimbleness
,
nous
,
oomph
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
panache
,
parade
,
parts
,
penetration
,
perception
,
perceptiveness
,
perspicacity
,
pizzazz
,
potential
,
power
,
powers
,
proclivity
,
proficiency
,
propensity
,
qualification
,
quick parts
,
quick thinking
,
quick wit
,
quick-wittedness
,
quickness
,
ready wit
,
savvy
,
sham
,
sharp-wittedness
,
sharpness
,
show
,
showing-off
,
skill
,
smartness
,
smarts
,
sparkle
,
speciality
,
spectacle
,
splash
,
splurge
,
sprightly wit
,
staginess
,
strong flair
,
strong point
,
style
,
stylishness
,
sufficiency
,
susceptibility
,
talent
,
talents
,
taste
,
tendency
,
the goods
,
the stuff
,
theatrics
,
turn
,
turn for
,
vaunt
,
verve
,
virtu
,
vitality
,
what it takes
spectacle
collapse
a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"
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Grand Guignol
,
Passion play
,
Tom show
,
amazement
,
antimasque
,
astonishing thing
,
astonishment
,
audience success
,
ballet
,
blazon
,
bomb
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
broadcast drama
,
burlesque show
,
charade
,
cliff hanger
,
closet drama
,
comedy drama
,
cosmorama
,
critical success
,
curiosity
,
cyclorama
,
daring
,
dash
,
daytime serial
,
demonstration
,
dialogue
,
diorama
,
display
,
documentary drama
,
drama
,
dramalogue
,
dramatic play
,
dramatic series
,
dramatics
,
duodrama
,
duologue
,
eclat
,
epic theater
,
etalage
,
event
,
exception
,
exhibit
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
experimental theater
,
exposition
,
extravaganza
,
eyeglasses
,
failure
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
flop
,
flourish
,
fool
,
gasser
,
gazingstock
,
georama
,
giveaway
,
glasses
,
happening
,
histrionics
,
hit
,
hit show
,
improvisational drama
,
legitimate drama
,
light show
,
manifestation
,
marvel
,
marvelment
,
masque
,
melodrama
,
minstrel show
,
miracle
,
miracle play
,
monodrama
,
monologue
,
morality
,
morality play
,
music drama
,
musical revue
,
myriorama
,
mystery
,
mystery play
,
nonesuch
,
opera
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
panel show
,
panorama
,
pantomime
,
parade
,
pastoral
,
pastoral drama
,
performance
,
phantasmagoria
,
phenomenon
,
piece
,
play
,
playlet
,
pomp
,
presentation
,
problem play
,
prodigy
,
psychedelic show
,
psychodrama
,
quite a thing
,
quiz show
,
radio drama
,
rarity
,
representation
,
review
,
revue
,
sensation
,
sensational play
,
serial
,
sham
,
shifting scene
,
show
,
showing-off
,
sight
,
sitcom
,
situation comedy
,
sketch
,
skit
,
soap
,
soap opera
,
sociodrama
,
something else
,
specs
,
spectacles
,
splash
,
splurge
,
stage play
,
stage show
,
staginess
,
straight drama
,
stunner
,
success
,
suspense drama
,
tableau
,
tableau vivant
,
talk show
,
teleplay
,
television drama
,
television play
,
theater of cruelty
,
theatrics
,
total theater
,
variety show
,
vaudeville
,
vaudeville show
,
vaunt
,
vehicle
,
wonder
,
wonderful thing
,
wonderment
,
word-of-mouth success
,
work
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