Spectacular

Word SPECTACULAR
Character 11
Hyphenation spec tac u lar
Pronunciations /spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/

Definitions and meanings of "Spectacular"

What do we mean by spectacular?

Of the nature of a spectacle; impressive or sensational. adjective

Something that is spectacular, as an elaborate show or display. noun

Pertaining to or of the nature of a show or spectacle; marked or characterized by great display: as, a spectacular drama.

Pertaining to spectacles or glasses for assisting vision.

Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show. adjective

Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects adjective

Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes. adjective

Amazing or worthy of special notice adjective

Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment adjective

Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes. adjective

A spectacular display. noun

Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect adjective

Characteristic of spectacles or drama adjective

Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention adjective

A lavishly produced performance noun

A spectacular display.

A pop-up (folded paper element) in material sent by postal mail.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Spectacular

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The word "spectacular" in example sentences

Another of what she calls her "spectacular failures" was a recent project for the Louvre in Paris. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The U.S. military says that while the insurgent groups like al Qaeda are on the run, they have not lost their capacity to not only run more detention centers or torture centers like this one to keep the local populations in check, but also to stage what they call spectacular attacks to bring more public attention to their cause. ❋ Unknown (2007)

ARENA: Well, I'll tell you that right now, the stance of the intelligence community is one of a lot of concern, only because the intelligence continues to suggest that al Qaeda is planning what they call a spectacular attack on U.S. soil. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"The word 'spectacular' would be an understatement," one said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"We have leads," Baroin told Europe 1 radio, saying that what he called a "spectacular" attack was "probably the first time" that the French government's computer system had been hit on this scale. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In this instance, the word "spectacular" is not an exaggeration. ❋ Unknown (1965)

After blowing it in spectacular fashion on Tuesday at Shriver's annual Women's Conference, Whitman went all-in on claiming victimization as her rationale for refusing to pull her negative advertising against Brown even if everyone else involved in the California governor's race pulls theirs. ❋ William Bradley (2010)

Besides losing both world wars in spectacular fashion, near total destruction in the thirty years war, being Napoleons personal chess board, and spending half of this past century partitioned and garrisoned by the competing superpowers, Germany has spent most of its history as a collection of small principalities under varying degrees of rule by Hapsburgs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Too bad because those trips were in spectacular country. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bigots like Cucci will flame out in spectacular “Ted Haggard” style. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Osprey are another species that had been extirpated from my favorite haunts and came back, in spectacular fashion, once we stopped spraying DDT. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These bad guys don't sit around their lair waiting to be found; they take the fight straight to GI Joe's secret underground fortress and lay waste to the good guys 'home base in spectacular crashing-through-the-walls fashion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I adore explosions and while I indulge myself in spectacular celestial explosions like The Big Bang and supernovae, my cousin Ronni has chosen rock as his medium and plays guitar in a rock band called TNT. ❋ Bente Lilja Bye (2009)

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