Unmask

//ʌnˈmæsk// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove a mask from someone. transitive
  2. 2
    reveal the true nature of wordnet
  3. 3
    To expose, or reveal the true character of someone. transitive

    "The Charieſt maide is prodigall enough, / If ſhe vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone."

  4. 4
    take the mask off wordnet
  5. 5
    To remove one's mask. intransitive

    "But instead of a direct answer to so important a question, Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself."

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  1. 6
    To cease engaging in masking, to cease disguising one's autism. intransitive

    "[…] to unmask and to assume her 'natural' role (rather than her 'fitting in' role)."

  2. 7
    To expose something that was concealed or shielded from an enemy. dated, transitive

    "He recalled his horse. This, retiring, unmasked the heavy infantry, which Hannibal called in from either flank and sent with a vigorous élan in close column across the ford against the ill-arrayed barbarians, followed by the cavalry, which had formed again in its rear."

  3. 8
    To enable (an interrupt, etc.) by unsetting or setting the associated bit. transitive

Synonyms

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barebreak the sealbring to lightdebunkdevelopdisclose

Antonyms

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mask

Example

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"The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon."

Etymology

From un- + mask.

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