Disguise
[dɪs'gaɪz] or [dɪs'ɡaɪz]
Definition
(noun.) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; 'he is a master of disguise'.
(noun.) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity.
(noun.) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; 'the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories'.
(verb.) make unrecognizable; 'The herb masks the garlic taste'; 'We disguised our faces before robbing the bank'.
Checked by Basil--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.
(v. t.) To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions.
(v. t.) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
(n.) A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties.
(n.) Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.
(n.) Change of manner by drink; intoxication.
(n.) A masque or masquerade.
Edited by Ivan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Conceal (by dress or outward appearance), cloak, veil, shroud, muffle, mask, hide, dissemble.
n. [1]. Mask, cover, counterfeit dress.[2]. False appearance, counterfeit show.
Inputed by Lawrence
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GUISE]
Checker: Mario
Definition
v.t. to change the guise or appearance of: to conceal by a dress intended to deceive or by a counterfeit manner and appearance: to intoxicate (usually 'disguised in liquor')—n. a dress intended to conceal the wearer: a false appearance: change of behaviour in intoxication.—adv. Disguis′edly.—ns. Disguis′edness; Disguise′ment; Disguis′er; Disguis′ing.
Typist: Theodore
Examples
- I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I don't disguise from myself, or from you, I went on, that the prospect before us is more than doubtful. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am afraid I was in a tremulous state for a minute or so, though I did my best to disguise it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In what I am going to do, I will not disguise myself to you at least. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The next day he threw such disguise over his person as a cloak afforded, and revisited Evadne. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mrs. Bute could not disguise from herself the fact that none of her party could so contribute to the pleasures of the town-bred lady. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Often as not they disguise it under heroic phrases and still louder affirmation, just as most of us hide our cowardly submission to monotony under some word like duty, loyalty, conscience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Why no,--I think--you had better--better say nothing about it, said Sophia, with ill-disguised anxiety and evident confusion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It cannot be disguised. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was a ready man, and he saw, and seized, an opportunity here of presenting her own image to her, slightly disguised as her brother. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- We know what a masquerade all development is, and what effective shapes may be disguised in helpless embryos. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The more we censor it, the more likely it is to appear disguised, to fool us subtly and perhaps dangerously. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Now, he continued, again addressing me, I have received the pilgrim--a disguised deity, as I verily believe. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Disguised, but the same man. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Accustomed as I was to my friend's amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three times before I was certain that it was indeed he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The disguises the party had assumed were in accordance with the hints of Tom Loker. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is no disguising, Mr. Blake, that you interest me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They have doubly sacrificed their caste--first, in crossing the sea; secondly, in disguising themselves as jugglers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I hate that false plan of disguising, mutilating the truth. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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