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- 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"
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.
a team game in which each member tries to communicate to the others a particular word or phrase that they have been given, by expressing each syllable or word using silent actions: Our family used to love playing charades. See more.
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.
a team game in which each member tries to communicate to the others a particular word or phrase that they have been given, by expressing each syllable or word using silent actions: Our family used to love playing charades. See more.
noun. 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.
A charade can be used to describe a person's behavior or actions that are not genuine, but intended to create a false impression. A charade can also refer to a situation where people are aware of the deception and are complicit in maintaining it, but do not reveal it to others.
charade. 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.
