[
US
/ˌmæskɝˈeɪd/
]
[ UK /mˈæskwəɹˌeɪd/ ]
[ UK /mˈæskwəɹˌeɪd/ ]
VERB
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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 - take part in a masquerade
NOUN
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
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making a false outward show
a beggar's masquerade of wealth - 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.