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disguise

Definition

  • verb: to change the usual appearance, sound, taste, etc., of (someone or something) so that people will not recognize that person or thing
  • verb: to change the customary dress or appearance of
  • often + 'as'
  • synonyms: feign, dissemble, hide

Examples

  • The journalist traveled the city 'disguised as' [=dressed like; pretending to be] a beggar.

  • She 'disguised' herself 'as' a musician to get into the concert hall early.

  • He tried to 'disguise' his voice on the phone but I could tell it was him.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) in the Apocalypse are nigh...!" "For her- all seven deadly sins!" "Death descends upon the city---!" The Book of Revelations "I put on this disguise to escape from the Thin Man... But for ten days your father's spy has been making even the workers' city risky..." "Only their hope for a mediator (..)
    1927 Metropolis