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adjective

as in cloaked

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verb

past tense of disguise
1
as in camouflaged
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists

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2
as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view that investigative reporter usually does a good job of disguising her true motives for interviewing a person

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Recent Examples of disguised
Adjective
The highly disguised initial view of the model undergoing final testing showed the luxury marque deviating away from its traditional upright boxy off-road SUVs into a new territory. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026 Or did a Greek soldier really kill a disguised Athena, breaking Zeus’s law in its most primal form? — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026 Philemon and Baucis, a pious Phrygian couple, hospitably received the disguised Zeus and Hermes after their richer neighbors had refused to do so. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026 Workplace fear, often subtle and disguised as ambition or commitment, silently drives many decisions. — Alfonso Cahero, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Olise is on the ball, on the French right, about to set up Kylian Mbappe with a wonderful disguised pass. — Stuart James, New York Times, 14 July 2026 Great novels have delighted everyone except the author’s lightly disguised parents. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 Although Jones takes responsibility for the hurt and dysfunction his compulsive tomcatting caused, the legendary lothario details his conquests with barely disguised glee. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026 The Vikings are always well coached under Kevin O’Connell and defensive coordinator Brian Flores, who has often stifled Shanahan offenses with his creative blitzes and disguised coverages. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
Verb
The show’s noir movie aesthetics still serve its story of political ambition, where revenge is disguised as justice and greed hidden behind lofty lies of patriotism. — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 As a way to get around the law, speakeasies were disguised as other business, such as bookstores, Bao said. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Some hackers have also been trying to exploit the leaks by circulating malware disguised as GTA 6 demos or a torrent of the game. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 On May 15, the EKL learned that scammers, acting through their chief accountant, defrauded their Swedbank and SEB bank accounts of nearly $800,000 in government subsidies via an elaborate scheme disguised as salary payments. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 These companies and accounts, often disguised as trading firms, settled transactions involving renminbi collected inside China against dollars held offshore. — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026 Other scams offered movie downloads that were actually Windows executable files disguised as video files. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 But those final frantic minutes often represent anxiety disguised as productivity. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Many developers are attempting to solve this through traditional means, hiring high-end architectural firms to manually design bespoke, campus-like facilities disguised as museums or corporate headquarters. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disguised
  1. cloaked
  2. camouflaged
  3. concealed
  4. masked
  5. simulated
  6. obscured
  7. shrouded
  8. covered
Adjective
  • Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle equated Ryan to the person, cloaked head to foot in soot, who shovels coal into a train engine without the passengers ever seeing his face.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The scene opened with a cloaked figure trudging through dark city streets as ominous holiday tunes emanate from the surrounding businesses.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2026
Definition of cloaked
Verb
  • From the outside, the building looks like a bunker, camouflaged amid a block of nondescript offices.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As important and inspiring as any is the one camouflaged by Fred Warner’s business-as-usual, ultra-fiery demeanor.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of camouflaged
Verb
  • Under-eye shadows, bags and lower-lid definition get played up instead of concealed.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • States alleged that Meta’s internal research documented links between Instagram use and harms including depression, anxiety and body-image concerns among young people, while the company publicly minimized or concealed those risks.
    — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of concealed
Adjective
  • He was surrounded by three ICE agents — in some moments, as many as five — some of them masked.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This experimental, eclipse-creating coronagraph will allow Roman to directly image any planet, however faint, that might be orbiting the masked star.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of masked
Verb
  • Astronomers simulated four Milky Way-sized galaxies without any dark matter clumps, then peppered them with roughly 15,000 stellar streams.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Some were animations, but more than half since March used AI that simulated real people.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of simulated
Verb
  • Many of her photographs were attributed to Capa, which obscured her contribution once Friedmann adopted the name for himself alone.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In the years since Shakur's murder, what exactly happened in that hail of bullets -- and who pulled the trigger -- was obscured by a lack of physical evidence, feuding cops and the gangland code of silence.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscured
Adjective
  • And yet, to those who are unfamiliar with its inner workings, the pageant world might appear shrouded in mystery.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US remains shrouded in mystery a day after the first 20 arrivals landed in Monrovia, leaving many wondering what Liberia is getting in return.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrouded
Verb
  • One Baguette is covered in a kaleidoscopic geometric pattern of colorful beads; another resembles a tiny textile artwork in dusty pink, green, and turquoise.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The almost 1,100-foot-long warship was covered in rust from bow to stern.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of covered

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“Disguised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disguised. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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