The Oscar ceremonies are Hollywood's biggest extravaganza.
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Extravaganza
//ɪkˌstɹæv.əˈɡæn.zə//
Synonyms for "extravaganza" (139 found)
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19 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- зре́лищно представле́ние noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 華麗的演出 /华丽的演出 noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekstravaganco noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Finnish
1 entries- spektaakkeli noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
French
1 entries- extravagance noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
German
4 entries- Spektakel noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
- Zauberposse noun (an extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature or drama)
- fantastische Dichtung noun (an extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature or drama)
- opulente Veranstaltung noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Malay
1 entries- ekstravaganza noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Polish
2 entries- fanaberie noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
- fantazja noun (an extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature or drama)
Russian
3 entries- буффона́да noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
- зре́лищное представле́ние noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
- фее́рия noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Spanish
1 entries- extravagancia noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
Yiddish
2 entries- עקסטראַוואַגאַנץ noun (an extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature or drama)
- עקסטראַוואַגאַנץ noun (event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct)
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It was this night that he told me the strange story of his youth with Dan Cody— told it to me because "Jay Gatsby" had broken up like glass against Tom's hard malice and the long secret extravaganza was played out.
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The film was a special-effects extravaganza.
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The ingenious method was hit upon of dove-tailing extravaganza and pantomime. A long burlesque, the characters in which have nothing to do with the harlequinade, terminates with one of those elaborate and gorgeous displays which have acquired the name of “Transformation Scenes.”
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