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🎭 A face mask 🎭 To disguise 😶 A false front
to vizard

to vizard

9.9
To put on a mask to hide your face
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : disfrazar
  • During the masquerade ball, guests vizarded to keep their identities secret.

Examples

  • He chose to vizard so that no one would recognize him at the festival.

  • The actors would vizard themselves before performing in the old theater.

  • Don't vizard!

  • He decided to vizard himself at the party.

  • At the carnival, many people decided to vizard themselves with elaborate masks.

  • To avoid being recognized, she put on a mask to vizard her identity at the party.

  • During the Halloween celebration, the children loved to vizard their faces with spooky decorations.

Synonyms

to veil
vsto vizard
24 5.0

To cover something so others cannot easily see or understand it

is focused on hiding face or identity using a mask, not general concealment
to wear a disguise
vsto vizard
5 3.9

To put on clothes or a mask to hide who you are

is specifically about hiding the face and identity using a mask
to masquerade
vsto vizard
2 7.1

To wear a mask or costume to join a masked party

is about hiding face and identity with a mask rather than joining an event

How Concealing

to camouflage
23 5.9
to vizard
  • Archaic
9.9
to disguise
165 3.4
to veil
24 5.0
to cover
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

vizard infinitive
vizarded past
vizarded past participle
vizarding present participle
vizards third person singular

Etymology

Vizard as a verb comes from the old noun for a face mask, so to vizard is to put on a mask or hide your face. That's why actors or guests at a masquerade might vizard themselves to keep their identity secret.