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masquerade
[ mas-kuh-reyd ]
noun
- a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
Synonyms: mummery
- a costume or disguise worn at such a gathering.
- false outward show; façade; pretense:
a hypocrite's masquerade of virtue.
- activity, existence, etc., under false pretenses:
a rich man's masquerade as a beggar.
verb (used without object)
- to go about under false pretenses or a false character; assume the character of; give oneself out to be:
to masquerade as a former Russian count.
- to disguise oneself.
- to take part in a masquerade.
masquerade
/ ˌmæskəˈreɪd /
noun
- a party or other gathering to which the guests wear masks and costumes
- the disguise worn at such a function
- a pretence or disguise
verb
- to participate in a masquerade; disguise oneself
- to dissemble
Derived Forms
- ˌmasquerˈader, noun
Other Words From
- masquer·ader noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of masquerade1
Word History and Origins
Origin of masquerade1
Example Sentences
It builds to a masquerade ball, in which Not Harry and the women don masks and commence flirting.
They masquerade as intellectual contests, but are really just showcases for rhetorical cleverness and public charisma.
He was supposed to come back to “masquerade the relationship,” but no such luck.
Hough would have blended in seamlessly at the “Disco Africa”-themed Halloweek masquerade party held in Milan that same night.
He escorts her to masquerade parties, takes her sailing on his yacht, force-feeds her oysters.
"I'm in a big hurry to get to a masquerade," Black Hood said as he opened the door of the taxi.
It is you that have injured her by allowing her to masquerade as a man—a little thing like that, with nobody to advise her.
All the shabbiest tinsel and trappings of secular music passed across the trestles of this religious masquerade.
Between times I'm making a dress and cap for the masquerade dance.
It was a game, but he rejoiced in it as a girl does in her first masquerade.
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