'Disguise' definitions:
Definition of 'disguise'
(from WordNet)
noun
An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" [syn: disguise, camouflage]
noun
Any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
noun
The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" [syn: disguise, camouflage]
verb
Make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn: disguise, mask]
Definition of 'Disguise'
From: GCIDE
- Disguise \Dis*guise"\ (?; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disguised; p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising.] [OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. d['e]guiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See Guise.]
- 1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. [1913 Webster]
- Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- All God's angels come to us disguised. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. [1913 Webster]
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker of five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. --Spectator.
- Syn: To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disguise'
From: GCIDE
- Disguise \Dis*guise"\, n.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- There is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. [1913 Webster]
- That eye which glances through all disguises. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Disguise was the old English word for a masque. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disguise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouter,
- acting,
- affect,
- affectation,
- appearance,
- assume,
- attitudinizing,
- bad copy,
- bad likeness,
- ballet skirt,
- becloud,
- befog,
- belie,
- blanket,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bluffing,
- burlesque,
- buskin,
- camouflage,
- cap and bells,
- caparison,
- caricature,
- charade,
- cheating,
- cloak,
- cloud,
- color,
- coloring,
- conceal,
- contrast,
- costume,
- counterfeit,
- cover,
- cover up,
- cover-up,
- curtain,
- deceive,
- deception,
- delusion,
- difference,
- disparity,
- dissemblance,
- dissemble,
- dissembling,
- dissimilarity,
- dissimilate,
- dissimilation,
- dissimilitude,
- dissimulate,
- dissimulation,
- distort,
- distract attention from,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- domino,
- dress up,
- eclipse,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- ensconce,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- equip,
- exaggerate,
- facade,
- face,
- fake,
- fakery,
- faking,
- false air,
- false colors,
- false face,
- false front,
- false show,
- falsify,
- falsity,
- feign,
- feigning,
- feint,
- fit,
- fit out,
- form,
- four-flushing,
- fraud,
- front,
- fudge,
- garble,
- getup,
- gild,
- gilt,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- guise,
- habit,
- hide,
- humbug,
- humbuggery,
- identity,
- imposture,
- incognito,
- incommensurability,
- incomparability,
- keep under cover,
- make-believe,
- makeup,
- mask,
- masque,
- masquerade,
- mere caricature,
- meretriciousness,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- motley,
- mummery,
- nonuniformity,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- occult,
- ostentation,
- outfit,
- outward show,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- pageant,
- parody,
- pervert,
- playacting,
- poor imitation,
- pose,
- posing,
- posture,
- pretend,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- pretext,
- protective coloration,
- put-on,
- representation,
- rig,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- screen,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- shade,
- sham,
- show,
- shroud,
- simulacrum,
- simulate,
- simulation,
- slant,
- slur over,
- smoke screen,
- sock,
- speciousness,
- strain,
- suit,
- tights,
- titivate,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- turn out,
- tutu,
- twist,
- understate,
- uniform,
- unlikeness,
- unresemblance,
- unsameness,
- unsimilarity,
- varnish,
- vary,
- veil,
- veneer,
- visor,
- vizard,
- vizard mask,
- warp,
- whitewash,
- window dressing,
- wraps,
- wrench