Eclat
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

POMP
Cheap or pretentious or vain display

FAME
Favorable public reputation

DASH
A quick run

5 letters

FLAIR
Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

FLASH
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

GLORY
An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

KUDOS
An expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work"

CLEAT
A strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached

6 letters

SIZZLE
Seethe with deep anger or resentment; "She was sizzling with anger"

SPLASH
The act of scattering water about haphazardly

DAZZLE
Brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily

7 letters

BRAVURA
Brilliant and showy technical skill; "in a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water"; "the music ends with a display of bravura"

SPARKLE
Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

ACCLAIM
Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"

PLAUDIT
Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"

PANACHE
A feathered plume on a helmet

FANFARE
A gaudy outward display

8 letters

APPLAUSE
A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

PLAUDITS
Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"

SPLENDOR
A quality that outshines the usual

9 letters

CELEBRITY
A widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity"

NOTORIETY
The state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

SHOWINESS
Extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance"

SENSATION
The faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

10 letters

BRILLIANCE
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

11 letters

ACCLAMATION
Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved"

OSTENTATION
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display

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MAGNIFICENCE
Splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"