His charade attracted negative attention.
Source: tatoeba (688041)
Charade
//ʃəˈɹɑːd//
Synonyms for "charade" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
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Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
29 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- xarada noun (riddle)
Esperanto
2 entries- farso noun (absurd deception)
- ŝarado noun (riddle)
French
1 entries- charade noun (riddle)
German
4 entries- Affentheater noun (absurd deception)
- Affenzirkus noun (absurd deception)
- Farce noun (absurd deception)
- Scharade noun (riddle)
Hungarian
1 entries- sarád noun (riddle)
Italian
2 entries- farsa noun (absurd deception)
- sciarada noun (riddle)
Ladino
2 entries- indivinansa noun (riddle)
- sharada noun (riddle)
Occitan
1 entries- charrada noun (riddle)
Portuguese
3 entries- charada noun (riddle)
- charada noun (absurd deception)
- farsa noun (absurd deception)
Russian
1 entries- шара́да noun (riddle)
Spanish
1 entries- charada noun (riddle)
Swedish
3 entries- charad noun (riddle)
- charad noun (acted form of the earlier riddles)
- levande charad noun (acted form of the earlier riddles)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I can't continue with this charade.
Source: tatoeba (3722224)
When are you stopping this charade?
Source: tatoeba (6575726)
I'm not going to be part of this charade.
Source: tatoeba (8398527)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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