éclat

noun

Definition of éclatnext
as in pretence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for éclat
  1. pomp
  2. parade
  3. mummery
  4. extravaganza
  5. pageant
  6. fanfare
  7. spectacle
  8. pageantry
Noun
  • Dune has the Two Towers issue of being the middle installment in a trilogy, and Gladiator, underneath its CGI pomp, is still a Ridley Scott film — and Sir Ridley hasn’t produced a major Oscar player in nearly a decade.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Then, Samantha Leach will tell us how the television show Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is leading more than a few members of the Mormon church to choose pomp over piety.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
Definition of pomp
Noun
  • Seizing on the parade of scandal and turmoil, at least eight challengers are vying to make Mr. Adams a one-term mayor.
    William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In a rare show of force, Fatah held a military parade in Ramallah last week to celebrate its founding, its fighters firing into the air.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of parade
Noun
  • But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.
    New York Times, New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Last week, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine and Gergiev prepared to lead the Vienna Philharmonic in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the usual mummery was unfolding.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022
Definition of mummery
Noun
  • In his time, the low-profile Tangerine Bowl evolved into the Citrus Bowl extravaganza.
    David Whitley, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Here, Gracey stages an epic, one-take street extravaganza that celebrates Williams’s success.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of extravaganza
Noun
  • Moody bested more than 30 other hometown girls in a pageant that judged them on interviews, public speaking, swimsuits and beauty.
    Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • She was crowned Miss Oklahoma six years later and subsequently represented the state in the 1958 Miss America pageant, finishing third, per Edmond Live & Leisure.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of pageant
Noun
  • Both of these nomination hearings are also expected to pass with little fanfare this week.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. said on Friday that their forthcoming sports streaming service — which was announced to great fanfare last year before being buffeted by legal challenges — would be discontinued.
    Kevin Draper, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of fanfare
Noun
  • Photograph: Anton Petrus/Getty Images Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun—on January 13.
    Marta Musso, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
  • An eerie spectacle awaited Roy Claytor, the first rescuer aboard.
    Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of spectacle
Noun
  • But the 17 days of competition and pageantry cost far more than planned and created yet more debt as a result of big-ticket infrastructure projects designed to showcase Athens as the Games’ host.
    Alan Cowell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • While the Indiana Fever literally rolled out the red carpet to introduce Caitlin Clark, the Sky skipped the pageantry and instead offered up an event that had all the charisma of a suburban town hall meeting.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of pageantry
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