eclat

Noun

• brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
  • the eclat of a great achievement
    

• ceremonial elegance and splendor
  • entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses
    

• enthusiastic approval
  • the book met with modest acclaim
    
  • he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd
    
  • they gave him more eclat than he really deserved
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pomp , acclaim , acclamation , plaudits , plaudit