camouflaged
4
4.5
- adjective
- /ˈkæməˌflɑːʒd/
:
camuflado
- In the forest, the camouflaged soldiers moved silently, hidden among the trees.
There are things out there that will do you harm that are so camouflaged you can't see them at all.
- There are things out there that will do you harm that are so camouflaged you can't see them at all.
- If, however, it's camouflaged in such a way, then Bank B doesn't see the fine print.
Examples
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A frail figure carrying a huge pile of cornstalks, perfectly camouflaged and only visible because of movement, plodded downhill ahead of me.
Academic text (2003) -
The driver wears a camouflaged fatigue jacket and looks familiar.
Academic text (2007) -
Soldiers kept walking through the hospital room in camouflaged uniforms.
Academic text (2007) -
Part of it, however, appeared to be a carefully camouflaged dock.
Fiction book (1999) -
Martin has discovered his son's secret hiding place: a camouflaged corner of the attic.
Fiction book (2000) -
The soldiers, following him in their slow, camouflaged jeeps, had come to call for me.
Fiction book (1998) -
There, from a perfectly camouflaged body, a single brown eye stared at him.
Fiction book (1992) -
A trapdoor spider pops out of its camouflaged den like a jack-in-the-box.
Fiction book (2002) -
But even as his words echoed across the ravine, the camouflaged synth vanished into the greenery of the forest.
Fiction book (1997) -
The camouflaged lizard blended perfectly with the leaves, making it hard to spot.
Synonyms
148
2.7
Not easy for other people to notice
125
1.1
A thing that is not easily seen or found
25
6.2
Partly hidden or not said clearly
15
5.8
Hiding true feelings or intentions so others do not know
6
4.2
Hidden so people do not know the true identity or purpose
5
3.7
Hidden so people cannot see it
4
6.8
Hidden so people cannot see the true purpose or meaning
Antonyms
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Morphology
camouflaged = camouflage (transparent) = camouflage + ed
The adjective is clearly the past-participle/adjectival form of the verb 'camouflage' formed with the regular -ed suffix, so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Camouflaged comes from the French verb camoufler, which means 'to hide or disguise'. Think of it as putting on a natural 'mask' or cover to blend with the background, so something camouflaged is made hard to see.