Facade - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fəˈsɑːd|
Brit.
|fəˈsɑːd|
noun
- the face or front of a building (syn: frontage, frontal)
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
Extra examples
They were trying to preserve the facade of a happy marriage.
I could sense the hostility lurking behind her polite facade.
Behind her cheerful facade, she's a really lonely person.
She managed to maintain a facade of bravery.
...though educated and sophisticated, the country singer always put on the facade of an amiable hayseed when in public...
...the rectangular pilasters spaced along the building's facade lend an air of classical grandeur...
...behind that demure facade lurked an unexpected lustihood...
Word forms
noun
singular: facade
plural: facades
singular: facade
plural: facades
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