Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.

    A cape and moustache completed his disguise.

    hiding one's treacherous intentions under the guise of friendship

    Verkleidung, Tarnung

    маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka

    any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.

    old ideas in a new guise

    Tarnung

    маскиро́вкаmaskiróvka

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.

    Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication, drunkenness.

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

  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

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
attire to hide/assume an identity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
attire to hide/assume an identity:

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

plural: disguises
Singulardisguise
Pluraldisguises

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance:camouflage
  • an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something:camouflage

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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