His charade attracted negative attention.
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Charade
/ʃəˈɹɑːd/
Synonyms for "charade" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
absurdityanagramantimasqueaudience successballetbearingbeckbeckonbody languagebombbroadcast dramaburlesque showcarriagechironomycliff hangercloset dramacomedy dramaconundrumcritical successdactylology
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daytime serialdeaf-and-dumb alphabetdialoguedisguisedocumentary dramadramadramaloguedramatic playdramatic series
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
movementmusic dramamusical revuemysterymystery playoperapageantpanel showpantomimeparodypassion playpastoralpastoral dramapieceplayplayletpoiseposeposturepretension
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pretentiousnessproblem playpsychodramaquiz showradio dramarebusreviewrevueriddlesensational playserialshowshrugsign languagesitcomsituation comedysketchskitsoapsoap operasociodramaspectaclestage playstage showstancestraight dramasuccesssuspense dramatableautableau vivanttalk showteleplaytelevision dramatelevision playtheater of crueltytom showtotal theatertravestyvariety showvaudevillevaudeville showvehicleword-of-mouth successwork
Verb(2 words)
put onstage a hoax
Related word relations
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
4 entriesdescriptive charadefalse frontmime charadesham performance
Collocations
6 entriescharade cluescharade descriptioncharade gamecharade of legitimacycharade performancemime charade
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- xarada noun (riddle)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝarado noun (riddle)
French
1 entries- charade noun (riddle)
German
3 entries- Scharade noun (riddle)
- Silbenrätsel noun (riddle)
- Versrätsel noun (riddle)
Hungarian
1 entries- sarád noun (riddle)
Italian
1 entries- sciarada noun (riddle)
Ladino
2 entries- indivinansa noun (riddle)
- sharada noun (riddle)
Occitan
1 entries- charrada noun (riddle)
Portuguese
1 entries- charada noun (riddle)
Russian
1 entries- шара́да noun (riddle)
Spanish
1 entries- charada noun (riddle)
Swedish
1 entries- charad noun (riddle)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I can't continue with this charade.
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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.