Disguised

//dɪsˈɡaɪzd// adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of disguise form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.
  2. 2
    Made to appear as something other than it is, hidden in outward form.
  3. 3
    Altered for the sake of fashion; newfangled or showy. obsolete
  4. 4
    Serving as a disguise; altered for the sake of concealing one’s identity. obsolete, usually

    "under a disguised name"

  5. 5
    Concealed, hidden, out of sight. obsolete
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  1. 6
    Acting inappropriately, badly behaved. obsolete

    "Therefore to make complaynt Of such mysadvysed Parsons and dysgysed, Thys boke we have devysed, […]"

  2. 7
    Drunk. broadly, obsolete, slang

    "He was never known to be disguised with liquor […]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading wordnet

Synonyms

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abstruseappareledarrayedattiredbedeckedbefuddled

Example

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"Everybody was disguised, so I couldn't tell who was who."

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ill-disguised

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