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to recloak oneself

to recloak oneself

9.9
To hide your feelings or change your look again after briefly showing them
  • phrasal verb
  • Literature
translation icon : disimularse
  • After briefly showing her vulnerability, she quickly recloaked herself in confidence.

Examples

  • During negotiations, he would sometimes recloak himself in indifference to hide his true position.

  • The actor had to recloak himself in anonymity after the scandal.

  • Don't recloak yourself!

  • After the meeting, she decided to recloak herself.

  • After revealing his true feelings, he quickly recloaked himself in a facade of indifference.

  • Following her outburst of emotion, she swiftly recloaked herself to maintain her composure.

  • He tends to recloaked himself in silence whenever he feels anxious during social gatherings.

Synonyms

to bottle up
vsto recloak oneself
24 5.6

To keep strong feelings inside instead of telling others

involves covering emotions again after briefly showing them rather than ongoing suppression
to dissimulate
vsto recloak oneself
1 9.5

To hide your true feelings or plans with a false expression

uses hiding again after a brief reveal rather than creating a false front
to becloak one's feelings
vsto recloak oneself
  • Archaic
9.9

To hide your feelings so other people cannot see them

is used when emotions are hidden again after a brief reveal
to bottle away
vsto recloak oneself
  • UK
8.6

To keep feelings inside instead of showing them

means hiding emotions again after a short reveal, not just avoiding expression

Antonyms

to reveal
∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

Surface Forms

recloak oneself infinitive
recloaked oneself past
recloaked oneself past participle
recloaking oneself present participle
recloaks oneself third person singular

Morphology

recloak + oneself

The meaning is directly derivable from the prefix re- ("again") + cloak ("to hide/disguise") combined with the reflexive 'oneself', yielding 'hide or disguise oneself again.' This is a productive, compositional formation in English and parallels many re- verbs, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would very likely infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

The verb recloak oneself comes from the image of someone taking off a cloak to show their face or feeling and then quickly putting the cloak back on to hide it again. So, to recloak oneself means 'to hide or disguise' your feelings or appearance again after briefly showing them.