Meanings
present singular third person makes a spectacle of oneself · participle present making a spectacle of oneself · participle past made a spectacle of oneself · past made a spectacle of oneself
- idiomaticTo conspicuously embarrass oneself or others in public.
She had far too much to drink and made a spectacle of herself by flirting with everyone.
Synonyms: make a fool of oneself, make an exhibition of oneself, make a show of oneself
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo conspicuously embarrass oneself or others in public.
Translations
Bulgarian ставам за смях, излагам се
- ставам за смях (stavam za smjah)To embarrass oneself or others in public
- излагам се (izlagam se)To embarrass oneself or others in public
Catalan fer un espectacle
- fer un espectacleTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Chinese Cantonese 出洋相
- 出洋相 (ceot¹ joeng⁴ soeng³)To embarrass oneself or others in public
Chinese Mandarin 出洋相
- 出洋相 (chū yángxiàng)To embarrass oneself or others in public
Dutch een belachelijk figuur slaan, zichzelf voor gek zetten
- een belachelijk figuur slaanTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- zichzelf voor gek zettenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Finnish munata itsensä
- munata itsensäTo embarrass oneself or others in public
French se donner en spectacle, s'offrir en spectacle
- se donner en spectacleTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- s'offrir en spectacleTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- se couvrir de ridiculeTo embarrass oneself or others in public
German sich zum Affen machen, sich zum Narren machen
- sich zum Affen machenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- sich zum Narren machenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- sich lächerlich machenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- eine lächerliche Figur abgebenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- unangenehm auffallenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- sich blamierenTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Hungarian nevetségessé teszi magát
- nevetségessé teszi magátTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Italian dare spettacolo, farsi ridere dietro
- dare spettacoloTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- farsi ridere dietroTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- rendersi ridicoloTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Japanese 恥をさらす
- 恥をさらす (haji o sarasu)To embarrass oneself or others in public
Polish robić z siebie widowisko, zrobić z siebie widowisko
- robić z siebie widowiskoTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- zrobić z siebie widowiskoTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Portuguese fazer um papelão, passar ridículo
- fazer um papelãoTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- passar ridículoTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- dar vexameTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- pagar micoTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Russian сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище, де́лать из себя́ посме́шище
- сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище (sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče)To embarrass oneself or others in public
- де́лать из себя́ посме́шище (délatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče)To embarrass oneself or others in public
- позо́риться (pozóritʹsja)To embarrass oneself or others in public
Spanish hacer el ridículo, dar la nota
- hacer el ridículoTo embarrass oneself or others in public
- dar la notaTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Swedish göra bort sig
- göra bort sigTo embarrass oneself or others in public
Cite this entry
make a spectacle of oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20spectacle%20of%20oneself
“make a spectacle of oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20spectacle%20of%20oneself. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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