Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: disguise
IPA transcription: [dɪsɡ'aɪz]
Pronunciations of disguise
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disguise, camouflage
    Meaning: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: disguise, mask
    Meaning: make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank"
Usage examples
  • I do not disguise the fact
  • Let us not disguise matters.
  • How astonishingly beautiful she was, even in this disguise!
  • "He travels on our ships, in disguise, coolie-class, on the geek-deck."
  • "It's all the same; Hathaway or Weatherby, the scoundrel can't disguise his personality.
  • Her reddish-brown colour with the tiger-like transverse stripes made an excellent disguise.
  • There was an ironical tone in his voice which he could not quite disguise and which astonished the coadjutor.
  • 'The gods, taking the disguise of strangers from other lands, walk up and down cities in all sorts of forms;'
  • Suffice it that to disguise themselves they had to take the clothes of two peasants, whom they waylaid in a wood.
  • His smooth upper lip had been sufficient disguise, with his change of clothes, and a hair-cut by a country barber.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Royal Maundy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rock–paper–scissors, License CC BY-SA 4.0