Search results
- Dictionarycha·rade/SHəˈrād/
noun
- 1. an absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance: "talk of unity was nothing more than a charade"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of CHARADE is a word represented in riddling verse or by picture, tableau, or dramatic action (such as intrusion represented by depiction of inn, true, and shun). How to use charade in a sentence.
CHARADE definition: 1. an act or event that is clearly false: 2. a team game in which each member tries to communicate…. Learn more.
CHARADE meaning: 1. an act or event that is clearly false: 2. a team game in which each member tries to communicate…. Learn more.
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty. see more. see less. type of: caricature, imitation, impersonation.
noun. /ʃəˈrɑːd/. /ʃəˈreɪd/. [countable] a situation in which people pretend that something is true when it clearly is not synonym pretence. Their whole marriage had been a charade—they had never loved each other.
Charade definition: a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.. See examples of CHARADE used in a sentence.
If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
Definition of charade noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
What does the noun charade mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun charade . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
