spectacular
of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
dramatically daring or thrilling: a spectacular dive from a cliff.
a single television production featuring well-known performers and characterized by elaborate sets, costumes, staging, etc.: Compare special (def. 14).
an impressive, large-scale display: another Hollywood spectacular.
Origin of spectacular
1Other words for spectacular
Other words from spectacular
- spec·tac·u·lar·i·ty [spek-tak-yuh-lar-i-tee], /spɛkˌtæk yəˈlær ɪ ti/, spec·tac·u·lar·ism, noun
- spec·tac·u·lar·ly, adverb
- non·spec·tac·u·lar, adjective
- non·spec·tac·u·lar·ly, adverb
- un·spec·tac·u·lar, adjective
- un·spec·tac·u·lar·ly, adverb
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How to use spectacular in a sentence
But here in Golden, which had been his home, the spectacularity of his passing seemed to have had an even more profound effect.
Down the Columbia | Lewis R. FreemanNature's spectacularity diverted him, as if he had been a child, from his own affairs, which seemed to give him a dull pain.
The Debtor | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for spectacular
/ (spɛkˈtækjʊlə) /
of or resembling a spectacle; impressive, grand, or dramatic
unusually marked or great: a spectacular increase in spending
a lavishly produced performance
Derived forms of spectacular
- spectacularly, adverb
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