disguise

v.隐藏,伪装,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
disguise (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to change the customary dress or appearance of
b) to furnish with a false appearance or an assumed identity
2.
obsolete - disfigure
3.
to obscure the existence or true state or character of - conceal unable to disguise his true feelings
disguise (noun)
1.
apparel assumed to conceal one's identity or counterfeit another's
2.
the act of - disguising
3.
a) form misrepresenting the true nature of something - blessings in disguise
b) an artificial manner - pretense threw off all disguise
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
disguise (noun)
1.
clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else
SYNONYMS:
camouflage, costume, guise
RELATED WORDS:
domino, mask, veil, visor ( vizor), vizard; costumery, dress, getup, outfit, rig; coloring, cosmetic, makeup, paint
disguise (noun)
2.
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
SYNONYMS:
act, airs, charade, disguise, facade ( façade), front, guise, playacting, pose, pretense ( pretence), put-on, semblance, show
RELATED WORDS:
impersonation, performance, portrayal; image, persona; appearance, color, gloss; camouflage, cloak; affectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guile; betrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness; excuse, pretext
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness; artlessness, genuineness, naïveté ( naivete naiveté)
disguise (verb)
1.
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
SYNONYMS:
camouflage, cloak, dress up, mask
RELATED WORDS:
blanket, blot out, conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occult, screen, shroud, veil; affect, assume, counterfeit, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, pose, pretend, sham, simulate; act, fake, impersonate, masquerade, play; cosmeticize, gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
NEAR ANTONYMS:
display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, parade, show, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undrape, unveil; bare, betray, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal
unmask
disguise (verb)
2.
to keep secret or shut off from view
SYNONYMS:
belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil
RELATED WORDS:
bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bring out, present; clarify, illuminate; advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread
bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil
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