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[ US /ˌmæskɝˈeɪd/ ]
[ UK /mˈæskwəɹˌe‍ɪd/ ]
VERB
  1. pretend to be someone or something that you are not
    he is masquerading as an expert on the internet
    This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty
  2. take part in a masquerade
NOUN
  1. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
  2. making a false outward show
    a beggar's masquerade of wealth
  3. a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

How To Use masquerade In A Sentence

  • Whatever you think of Strandlof and the months he masqueraded as a brain-injured veteran, the simple truth two months after his web of lies came apart is that public disgrace seems to have changed him little. Heroes or Villains?
  • Joseph had come to accept his own medical masquerade so thoroughly that he felt no compunction about taking this project on. THE LONGEST WAY HOME
  • The lightness of heart which had dressed them in masquerade habits, had decorated their tents, and assembled them in fantastic groups, appeared a sin against, and a provocative to, the awful destiny that had laid its palsying hand upon hope and life. II.6
  • The mainly young protesters, many in their teens, defied the security forces' assaults and chanted slogans against the upcoming presidential elections, calling it a masquerade.
  • It was like showing up at the masquerade ball wearing the same costume two years in a row.
  • _ Now it comes into my head, the duke of Mantua makes an entertainment to night in masquerade: If you love extravagancy so well, madam, I'll put you into the head of one; lay by your nunship for an hour or two, and come amongst us in disguise. The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04
  • The I of her narrative is a masquerade, and her identity is never more than a metonym for an endless chain of signifiers.
  • He masqueraded as the gardener and cook, under the alias of David Motsamayi.
  • There was an explosion of colour, creativity and artistry on display among the masqueraders.
  • Mary hid her laughter; she knew of the amusing masquerade that the two were carrying on.
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