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noun
- 1. an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance: "talk of unity was nothing more than a charade"
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CHARADE definition: 1. an act or event that is clearly false: 2. a team game in which each member tries to communicate…. Learn more.
Learn the origin, synonyms, and examples of the word charade, which can mean a word puzzle, a game, or a deceptive act. Find out how to use charade in a sentence and explore related words and articles.
CHARADE meaning: 1. an act or event that is clearly false: 2. a team game in which each member tries to communicate…. Learn more.
Learn the meaning of charade as a word game, a pretense, or a travesty. Find synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage examples from various sources.
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 of (doing) something We had to go through this whole charade of holding auditions for the part. Extra Examples.
Charade is a game of pantomime and guessing, or a deceptive act. Learn the word history, usage, and synonyms of charade from Dictionary.com.
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.
