Disguise
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /dɪsˈɡaɪz/, /dɪzˈɡaɪz/
- General American IPA: /dɪˈskaɪz/
- Hyphenation: dis + guise
- Rhymes: -aɪz
Origin
Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern déguiser), itself derived from des- ("dis-")" (from Latin dis-) + guise ("guise") (from a Germanic source).
Full definition of disguise
Noun
disguise
(plural disguises)- Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.''That cape and mask complete his disguise.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
- The act of disguising, notably as a ploy''Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
Synonyms
Verb
- (transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.Spies often disguise themselves.
- MacaulayBunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
- (transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.He disguised his true intentions.
- (archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
- SpectatorI have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.