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disguising
[dis-gahyz, dih-skahyz] 
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disguise
[dis-gahyz, dih-skahyz]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mask; misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, doctor up, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge, garble, gloss over, hide, make like, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, wear cheaters, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
| Synonyms: | accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest |
| Antonyms: | reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, exaggerate |
| Synonyms: | angle*, belie, cook up, disguise, doctor*, embroider, fake, falsify, fudge, garble, gloss over, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Antonyms: | be truthful, represent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | cover-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to conceal embarrassing or scandalous information |
| Synonyms: | burial, camouflage, closeting, complicity, concealment, conspiracy, disguising, dissimulation, evasion, front, hush-up, masking, placing under wraps, pretense, seal of secrecy, smoke-screen, veil of secrecy, whitewash |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate, pervert |
| Synonyms: | add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up, falsify, fudge, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight |
| Antonyms: | clean, purify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, disguise, dissimulate, fabricate, feign, forge, put on, put on an act, sham, simulate, spoof |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal truth |
| Synonyms: | belie, camouflage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, soft-pedal, sugarcoat, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, reveal |
| Main Entry: | hide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal; remain unseen |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, blot out, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, dissemble, ditch, duck, eclipse, ensconce, go into hiding, go underground, harbor, hold back, hole up, hush up, keep from, keep secret, lie low, lock up, mask, not give away, not tell, obscure, plant, protect, put out of the way, reserve, salt away, screen, secrete, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, smuggle, squirrel, stash, stifle, stow away, suppress, take cover, tuck away, veil, withhold |
| Antonyms: | bare, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, unmask |
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