masquerade

[mas·quer·ade]

To masquerade means "to pretend to be someone else." If you masquerade as a sweet, kind hearted person, you present that image to the world, hiding your true identity as a jerk who has rage issues.

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An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

Noun
making a false outward show; "a beggar''s masquerade of wealth"

Noun
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

Noun
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

Verb
pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as the expert on the Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

Verb
take part in a masquerade

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n.
An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

n.
A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.

n.
Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

n.
A Spanish diversion on horseback.

v. i.
To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

v. i.
To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

v. t.
To conceal with masks; to disguise.


Masquerade

Mas`quer*ade" , n. [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask.] 1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
In courtly balls and midnight masquerades.
2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4. [Obs.] 3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome.
4. A Spanish diversion on horseback.

Masquerade

Mas`quer*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Masqueraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Masquerading.] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin.

Masquerade

Mas`quer*ade", v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice." Killingbeck.

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

To conceal with masks; to disguise.

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Usage Examples

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.

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Other Usage Examples

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

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