Masquerade - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- making a false outward show (syn: charade)
verb
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
Extra examples
She could not keep up the masquerade any longer.
...although she was deeply bored, she maintained a masquerade of polite interest as her guest droned on...
He was masquerading under a false name.
The thief got into the house by masquerading as a television repair-man.
She didn't really love him, but she kept up the masquerade for the children's sake.
A number of police officers masqueraded as demonstrators.
Some of these breakfast foods are just candy masquerading as cereals.
...attended the masquerade ball in the caparison of an Indian maharaja...
...the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: masquerade
he/she/it: masquerades
present participle: masquerading
past tense: masqueraded
past participle: masqueraded
singular: masquerade
plural: masquerades
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