extravaganza – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
extravaganza
n.
fantastic artistic production
Extravaganza
An
extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often
musical theatre) characterized by freedom of style and structure and usually containing elements of
burlesque,
pantomime,
music hall and
parody. It sometimes also has elements of cabaret,
circus,
revue, variety,
vaudeville and
mime.
Extravaganza may more broadly refer to an elaborate, spectacular, and expensive theatrical production.
extravaganza
Noun
1. any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
(hypernym) entertainment, amusement
Extravaganza
(n.)
An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.
(n.)
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
extravaganza
Synonyms and related words:
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, antimasque, audience success, ballet, blatancy, bomb, brazenness, broadcast drama, burlesque show, canard, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, colorfulness, comedy drama, concoction, critical success, crudeness, dash, daytime serial, dazzle, dazzlingness, dialogue, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, experimental theater, exposition, extravagance, extravagation, fable, fabrication, failure, fiction, figment, flagrancy, flamboyance, flashiness, flop, forgery, gaiety, garishness, gasser, gaudery, gaudiness, giveaway, glare, glitter, gorgeousness, happening, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, invention, jauntiness, jazziness, legitimate drama, loudness, luridness, masque, melodrama, meretriciousness, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, myth, obtrusiveness, opera, pageant, panache, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, production, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, review, revue, romance, sensational play, sensationalism, serial, shamelessness, show, showiness, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, spectacular, sportiness, stage play, stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, tawdriness, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, total theater, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, vulgarness, word-of-mouth success, work
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
