disguise
verb/dɪsˈɡaɪz/
/dɪsˈɡaɪz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disguise | /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ |
| he / she / it disguises | /dɪsˈɡaɪzɪz/ /dɪsˈɡaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple disguised | /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/ /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/ |
| past participle disguised | /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/ /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/ |
| -ing form disguising | /dɪsˈɡaɪzɪŋ/ /dɪsˈɡaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to change your appearance so that people cannot recognize you
- disguise somebody The hijackers were heavily disguised.
- disguise somebody as somebody/something They got in disguised as security guards.
- She was cleverly disguised as a policewoman.
- disguise yourself (as somebody/something) She disguised herself as a boy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- cleverly
- cunningly
- cannot
- try to
- from
- an attempt to disguise something
- disguise yourself as somebody/something
- heavily disguised
- …
- disguise something to hide something or change it, so that it cannot be recognized synonym conceal
- She made no attempt to disguise her surprise.
- It was a thinly disguised attack on the president.
- She couldn't disguise the fact that she felt uncomfortable.
- He tried to disguise his accent.
Extra Examples- He made no attempt to disguise his liking for her.
- She tried to disguise the fact that she was pregnant.
- You cannot disguise what you are doing from your family.
- In her speech she made several thinly disguised attacks on the president.
- He spoke in a heavily disguised voice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- cleverly
- cunningly
- cannot
- try to
- from
- an attempt to disguise something
- disguise yourself as somebody/something
- heavily disguised
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (meaning ‘change one's usual style of dress’, with no implication of concealing one's identity): from Old French desguisier.
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