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Definition of guise in English: guisenoun ɡʌɪzɡaɪz An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. he visited in the guise of an inspector sums paid under the guise of consultancy fees Example sentencesExamples - Admittedly, most are floor fillers of some kind yet assuming so many guises has allowed a free rein to experiment.
- From hilarious scenes to heart-rending arias, the show promises audiences a fun evening with an original take on opera in all its guises.
- They were thought to have dual natures because they appeared only in the guise of morning or evening stars.
- Each assumes several guises as they portray several characters in order to tell the tale of one central character.
- If I weren't able to assume the guise of different characters, I'd probably have to be put away.
- Germany is a looking-glass land for rockers, a place to slip personae and assume new guises.
- They have been presented in so many guises it's hard to know which one to believe.
- Their demeanor usually gave them away right off the bat, even if they could assume human guises.
- Amnesties come in many guises, their purpose often unclear.
- As ever with legend, the lore of the wise-woman presents itself in the guise of history and truth.
- Now the nuke, in both its civil and military guises, is back.
- He played my life away like a game of charades behind the guise of immaturity and stupidity.
- Do you consider actors to be outsiders, taking on various guises, heroic, villainous or whatever, to escape from themselves?
- The pattern of ceremonial appearance in the guise of a god is not restricted to females.
- Martin, we have grown accustomed to seeing your pantomime stooge adopting all manner of superhero guises.
- Yup, he was trying to convert all us shoppers to God under the guise of being a musician.
- Yet, several aspects of this debate assumed a new guise as a range of complex questions emerged.
- For this is what has allowed the government to appear in the guise of Santa Claus.
- The next batch of profiteers comes in various guises and shapes.
- Sustainability is an old term that has appeared in many guises from time immemorial.
Synonyms likeness, external appearance, appearance, semblance, form, outward form, shape, image, aspect disguise, false colours costume, clothes, outfit, dress pretence, false show, false front, false display, show, front, facade, illusion, cover, blind, screen, smokescreen, masquerade, posture, pose, act, charade informal put-on, put-up job
Origin Middle English: from Old French, of Germanic origin; related to wise2. disguise from Middle English: Guise came into English via French from a Germanic root with the sense ‘characteristic, manner, custom’. An early meaning of disguise was ‘change one's usual style of dress’, with no implication of concealing one's identity, but it soon developed a sense of concealment.
Rhymes advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, capsize, chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, downsize, excise, flies, incise, low-rise, misprize, outsize, previse, prise, prize, remise, revise, rise, size, surmise, surprise, uprise, wise Definition of guise in US English: guisenounɡīzɡaɪz An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. he visited in the guise of an inspector telemarketing and selling under the guise of market research Example sentencesExamples - The next batch of profiteers comes in various guises and shapes.
- For this is what has allowed the government to appear in the guise of Santa Claus.
- From hilarious scenes to heart-rending arias, the show promises audiences a fun evening with an original take on opera in all its guises.
- Their demeanor usually gave them away right off the bat, even if they could assume human guises.
- Yet, several aspects of this debate assumed a new guise as a range of complex questions emerged.
- Each assumes several guises as they portray several characters in order to tell the tale of one central character.
- Sustainability is an old term that has appeared in many guises from time immemorial.
- Now the nuke, in both its civil and military guises, is back.
- Yup, he was trying to convert all us shoppers to God under the guise of being a musician.
- They have been presented in so many guises it's hard to know which one to believe.
- Martin, we have grown accustomed to seeing your pantomime stooge adopting all manner of superhero guises.
- Amnesties come in many guises, their purpose often unclear.
- Do you consider actors to be outsiders, taking on various guises, heroic, villainous or whatever, to escape from themselves?
- They were thought to have dual natures because they appeared only in the guise of morning or evening stars.
- He played my life away like a game of charades behind the guise of immaturity and stupidity.
- As ever with legend, the lore of the wise-woman presents itself in the guise of history and truth.
- Germany is a looking-glass land for rockers, a place to slip personae and assume new guises.
- Admittedly, most are floor fillers of some kind yet assuming so many guises has allowed a free rein to experiment.
- The pattern of ceremonial appearance in the guise of a god is not restricted to females.
- If I weren't able to assume the guise of different characters, I'd probably have to be put away.
Synonyms likeness, external appearance, appearance, semblance, form, outward form, shape, image, aspect pretence, false show, false front, false display, show, front, facade, illusion, cover, blind, screen, smokescreen, masquerade, posture, pose, act, charade
Origin Middle English: from Old French, of Germanic origin; related to wise. |