masked

[ maskt, mahskt ]

adjective

1. using or wearing a mask or masks:

   a masked burglar; masked actors.

2. disguised; concealed; hidden:

   masked treachery; masked forces.

3. Botany. personate ²( def 1 ).
4. Zoology. having markings that resemble a mask.

masked

/ mɑːskt /

adjective

1. disguised or covered by or as if by a mask
2. botany another word for personate 2

Other Words From

• un·masked adjective
• well-masked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of masked¹

First recorded in 1575–85; mask + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Zuraya Hadad instinctively winces as we watch a video of the incident in which her ribs were broken by a masked man wielding a large stick.

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Eyewitnesses said the convoy was attacked by masked men who threw grenades.

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While viewers of the second series might not get the answers to these big life questions, they can at least be comforted that some plot holes will be filled in – like why the game exists, and what is motivating the masked Front Man running it.

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Their concerns come after masked men abducted at gunpoint four Turkish refugees in the capital, Nairobi, last month - the latest in a series of such cases in the East African state.

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Footage circulating online showed two masked people smashing a glass display case in the University of Manchester's chemistry building and removing two busts of Chaim Weizmann, who had been a lecturer there in the early 1900s.

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