masquerade (Meaning)

Wordnet

masquerade (n)

a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

making a false outward show

Wordnet

masquerade (v)

take part in a masquerade

pretend to be someone or something that you are not

Webster

masquerade (n.)

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.

Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

A Spanish diversion on horseback.

Webster

masquerade (v. i.)

To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

Webster

masquerade (v. t.)

To conceal with masks; to disguise.

masquerade Sentence Examples

  1. The guests attended the masquerade ball in elaborate costumes, concealing their true identities.
  2. The mysterious figure at the masquerade wore a silver mask, obscuring her features.
  3. Behind the masquerade of normalcy, he harbored a sinister secret.
  4. The police discovered a hidden masquerade parlor, where illicit activities took place.
  5. She disguised herself with a masquerade mask and wig to avoid recognition.
  6. The masquerade party turned chaotic when revelers began to hurl insults under the cover of anonymity.
  7. The masquerade served as a shield for the thief, who could escape unseen amidst the crowd.
  8. The masquerade was a metaphor for the hypocrisy and deception that permeated society.
  9. The journalist's masquerade as a guest at the event allowed him to uncover the truth about a scandal.
  10. The masquerade ball was a grand affair, filled with mystery, intrigue, and the illusion of forgetting one's true nature.

FAQs About the word masquerade

a party of guests wearing costumes and masks, a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party, making a false outward show, take part in a masquerade, preten

pretense, act, show, disguise, pose, guise, charade,facade, put-on, cloak

straightforwardness, candor, straightforwardness, frankness, candor,sincerity, bluntness, bluntness, outspokenness, forthrightness

The guests attended the masquerade ball in elaborate costumes, concealing their true identities.

The mysterious figure at the masquerade wore a silver mask, obscuring her features.

Behind the masquerade of normalcy, he harbored a sinister secret.

The police discovered a hidden masquerade parlor, where illicit activities took place.