disguise
/dɪsˈɡʌɪz/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪsˈɡʌɪz/
dɪsˈɡʌɪz
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
dɪs - ˈɡʌɪz -> disguise
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ ~ sb/sth (with sth); ~ sb/sth (as sb/sth) ရုပ်ဖျက်သည်။ အသံဖျက်သည်။ ဖုံးသည်။ အယောင်ဆောင် သည်။
be heavily/thinly disguised ❍ She disguised her voice very cleverly. ❍ Scratches on the surface can be disguised with polish. ❍ The thieves disguised themselves as security guards.
၂။ ဖုံးကွယ်ထားသည်။ မျိုသိပ်ထား သည်။
I did not attempt to/couldn't disguise my anger. ❍ There's no disguising the fact (ie It is obvious) that he's a liar.
n
၁။ [C, U] ရုပ်/ အသံဖျက်ရာတွင် သုံးသောပစ္စည်း။ ရုပ်ဖျက် ထားခြင်း။
put on a disguise ❍ grow a beard as a disguise ❍ I didn't recognize him—he was in disguise.
၂။ [U] ရုပ်/ အသံဖျက်အတတ်။
He's a master of disguise.
More examples
- He didn’t disguise his bitterness about what had happened.
- A thinly disguised attempt to embarrass the prime minister
- [be disguised as someone/something] : She arrived at his home disguised as a man.
- [be disguised in something] : The intruders were disguised in post office uniforms.
- [disguise yourself as/in something] : The soldiers disguised themselves as ordinary civilians.
- Little tape recorders disguised as cigarette packets
Synonyms
mask, costume, camouflage, masquerade, cover, cloak, concealing outfit, affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, blind, change, charade, color, coloring, conceal, concealment, counterfeit, cover up, cover-up, covering, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, dissimulation, doctor up, dress, dress up, facade, face, fake, faking, false front, falsify, feign, fig leaf, front, fudge, garble, get-up, gloss over, guise, hide, illusion, make like, make up, make-believe, mask; misrepresent, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pageant, pen name, pretend, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, pseudonym, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put-on, red herring, redo, screen, secrete, semblance, sham, shroud, simulate, smoke screen, touch up, trickery, varnish, veil, veneer, wear cheaters, whitewash
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