Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disguised

/dɪsˈɡaɪzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: dis-guised
IPA: /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of disguise

adj

Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.

adj

Made to appear as something other than it is, hidden in outward form.

adj

Altered for the sake of fashion; newfangled or showy.

Obsolete

adj

Serving as a disguise; altered for the sake of concealing one’s identity.

Obsolete

adj

Concealed, hidden, out of sight.

Obsolete

adj

Acting inappropriately, badly behaved.

Obsolete

adj

Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"under a disguised name"
"Therefore to make complaynt Of such mysadvysed Parsons and dysgysed, Thys boke we have devysed, […]"
"And thus the loselles stryves, And lewdely sayes by Chryst Agaynst the sely preest. […] They mought be better advysed Then to be so dysgysed."
"He was never known to be disguised with liquor […]."
"The saylers and the shipmen all, / Through foul excesse of wine, / Were so disguised that at the sea / They shew'd themselves like swine."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/
British English: /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more disguised (comparative) most disguised (superlative)

Derived Forms

disguisedly disguisedness undisguised undisguisedness

Phrases

ill-disguised

Synonyms

cloaked masked

Rhymes With

surprised sized advised revised comprised devised pint-sized baptized prized despised chastised surmised

Questions

How do you pronounce disguised?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/.
What does disguised mean?: simple past and past participle of disguise

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