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Another word for guise

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Noun

  1. A deceptive outward appearance

      1. Pretended; feigned.
      2. A deceptive outward appearance.
      3. The act of teasing or misleading someone, especially for amusement.
      1. Decorative exhibition of retail merchandise in store windows.
      2. Goods and trimmings used in such displays.
      3. A means of improving appearances or creating a falsely favorable impression:
      1. A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
      2. Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.
      3. A decorative facing, as of brick.
      1. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
      2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
      3. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
      1. To cause or allow to be seen; display:
      2. To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition:
      3. To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.
      1. An outward or token appearance:
      2. A representation; a copy.
      3. The barest trace; a modicum:
      1. A reason or excuse given to hide the real reason for something.
      1. A false appearance or action intended to deceive:
      2. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
      3. Something imagined or pretended:
      1. A costume party at which masks are worn; a masked ball.
      2. A costume for such a party or ball.
      3. A disguise or false outward show; a pretense:
      1. A covering, as of cloth, that has openings for the eyes, entirely or partly conceals the face, and is worn especially at a masquerade ball.
      2. A grotesque or comical representation of a face, worn especially to frighten or amuse, as at Halloween.
      3. A facial covering worn for ritual.
      1. A surface shininess or luster.
      2. A kind of paint that dries to a shiny finish.
      3. A cosmetic that adds shine or luster, such as lip gloss.
      1. The forward part or surface, as of a building.
      2. The area, location, or position directly before or ahead.
      3. A position of leadership or superiority.
      1. The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear.
      2. A person:
      3. A person's countenance:
      1. To modify the manner or appearance of (a person, for example) in order to prevent recognition:
      2. To make indistinct or difficult to perceive:
      3. To conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; misrepresent:
      1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
      2. To overlay or spread with something:
      3. To put a cover or covering on:
      1. The art, manner, or process of applying color.
      2. A substance used to color something.
      3. Appearance with regard to color.
      1. The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects, and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.
      2. The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.
      3. A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue:
      1. A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
      2. Something that covers or conceals:
      3. To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:
    See also:

    show

  2. A set or style of clothing

      1. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
      2. To equip (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
      3. To fit (sails or shrouds, for example) to masts and yards.
      1. An outfit or costume.
      2. Arrangement and production style, as of a magazine or book.
      1. The number of people who participate in a particular event or activity:
      2. A number of things produced; output.
      3. The act or an instance of turning out:
      1. A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose:
      2. A set of clothing, often with accessories:
      3. An association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization.
      1. Clothing, especially the clothing associated with a special occasion or office:
      1. A distinctive style or form of clothing; dress:
      2. An outward appearance; a guise:
      3. To clothe; dress:
      1. To put clothes on; clothe.
      2. To furnish with clothing.
      3. To decorate or adorn:
      1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
      2. An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
      3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
    See also:

    put-on

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Another word for guise

Noun
  1. See also:

    appearance

    appearance

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Sentence Examples

  • In this guise he passed into European worship in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.

  • to refuse absolution to the king after the murder of the Guise princes.

  • It was first visited by a European in 1854 when (Sir) Richard Burton spent ten days there in the guise of an Arab.

  • Almost immediately afterwards an agitation of a still less defensible character broke out in various towns under the guise of anti-clericalism.

  • A world where political action was represented in such guise was ripe for overthrow, or could only be saved by a great mental reformation."

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