disguise
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3.9
- noun
- /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
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- The magician's disguise as an elderly woman helped him astonish the audience.
- blessing in disguise
And my chief said that is the best disguise I have ever seen.
- And my chief said that is the best disguise I have ever seen.
- So she has had to go under disguises for quite a long time.
- Number three online seller leads, AKA sellers in disguise.
- Speaking of drugs, some supplements are kind of just like drugs in disguise.
- I wonder where she hides under her disguise.
- For it's from mildness that my soul dies when you cover your passion in a bland friend's disguise.
- I'm the former chief of disguise at CIA and before that I was a photo operations officer at CIA.
- But it's look, I mean, I say in the book, you know, some people Don these sacred robes out of a sense of duty and some people Don them as a disguise.
Examples
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Your disguise can't fool me, Green Guardsman.
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And my chief said that is the best disguise I have ever seen.
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Politicians use it as a disguise for schemes to reduce benefits to children.
Academic text (1996) -
- Klaus is a master of disguise.
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This is merely a disguise to lure the dangerous predators who walk among us.
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Such a nymph is nothing but a woman in disguise, a commonplace in the poetry of the seventeenth century.
Fiction book (2001) -
Minnie and Earl, and possibly Miles here, are aliens in disguise, or simulations constructed by aliens.
Fiction book (2001) -
Wearing a mask was just part of her disguise for the costume party.
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His elaborate disguise allowed him to blend in with the crowd at the festival.
Synonyms
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6.7
An appearance that hides true feelings or intentions
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5.9
A way of acting that hides how a person really feels
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5.1
A way of showing yourself that hides problems to make others think well of you
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7.5
An appearance that hides the truth to trick people
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7.2
A false appearance that hides true problems
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5.8
A thing that hides the true nature of something
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4.6
A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen
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7.2
A mask worn to hide the face at a costume party
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4.1
A person or thing that hides something to keep it secret
A polite or calm face that hides what someone really feels
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Etymology
Disguise comes from the old French parts des- and guise, with guise meaning 'manner' or 'appearance', so a disguise is an outward 'appearance' or way of acting that covers the true person or feeling.