Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

    Spies often disguise themselves.

    verkleiden

    маскирова́тьсяmaskirovátʹsja, замаскирова́тьсяzamaskirovátʹsja

  2. (transitive)To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.

    He disguised his true intentions.

    verstellen

    скрыва́тьskryvátʹ, скрытьskrytʹ

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts.

  6. (archaic, transitive)To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

More definitions
  • make unrecognizable

Examples

164 sentences
  1. He disguised himself as a woman.

    Він переодягнувся у жінку. — deniko

    ruОн переоделся в женщину. — sharptoothed

    deEr verkleidete sich als Frau. — MUIRIEL

  2. The dirty boy turned out to be a prince in disguise.

    Брудний хлопчик виявився переодягненим принцем. — zaytsev126

    ruГрязный мальчишка оказался переодетым принцем. — Hellerick

  3. It's a blessing in disguise.

    Нема лиха без добра. — DemonicSatori

    ruНет худа без добра. — Imp

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  4. Tom disguised himself as a policeman.

    ruТом переоделся в полицейского. — odexed

    deTom verkleidete sich als Polizist. — raggione

  5. Tom disguised himself as a priest.

    ruТом переоделся в священника. — odexed

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to change the appearance:
to prevent revealing something secret:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to change the appearance:
to prevent revealing something secret:

Origin

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

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Forms

disguises, disguising, disguised, disguised
Base formdisguise · to disguise
3rd person singulardisguises
Present participledisguising
Past simpledisguised
Past participledisguised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisguise
he, she, itdisguises

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisguised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disguised
he, she, ithas disguised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disguise

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make unrecognizable:mask

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • disguised himself as
  • disguised himself
  • disguised myself as
  • disguised as a
  • disguised myself

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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