Masquerade
noun
A party or event where people wear masks and costumes.
They held a masquerade for New Year's Eve.
Often appears as...
- hold a masquerade
- attend a masquerade
noun
A way of behaving that hides the truth or a person's true feelings.
She maintained her cheerful masquerade, despite feeling unwell.
Often appears as...
- maintain a masquerade
- end a masquerade
verb
To pretend to be something you're not, or hide who you really are.
She masqueraded as a wealthy investor to gain their trust.
Often appears as...
- masquerade as
- masquerade under
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Disapproving
noun
A party or event where people wear masks and costumes.
They held a masquerade for New Year's Eve.
Often appears as...
- hold a masquerade
- attend a masquerade
noun
A way of behaving that hides the truth or a person's true feelings.
She maintained her cheerful masquerade, despite feeling unwell.
Often appears as...
- maintain a masquerade
- end a masquerade
verb
To pretend to be something you're not, or hide who you really are.
She masqueraded as a wealthy investor to gain their trust.
Often appears as...
- masquerade as
- masquerade under
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Events
Masquerade balls are rooted in historic European society events, often important in literature.
The masquerade in 'Romeo and Juliet' led to the tragic love story.
Pro Tip 2/3Event Planning
Used to describe a themed event where guests should wear disguises.
Please RSVP if you'll be attending the annual Halloween masquerade.
Pro Tip 3/3Mystery Element
Masquerades offer an atmosphere of mystery and surprise due to the masks.
The air was electric with excitement at the masquerade.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Events
Masquerade balls are rooted in historic European society events, often important in literature.
The masquerade in 'Romeo and Juliet' led to the tragic love story.
Pro Tip 2/3Event Planning
Used to describe a themed event where guests should wear disguises.
Please RSVP if you'll be attending the annual Halloween masquerade.
Pro Tip 3/3Mystery Element
Masquerades offer an atmosphere of mystery and surprise due to the masks.
The air was electric with excitement at the masquerade.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Events
Masquerade balls are rooted in historic European society events, often important in literature.
The masquerade in 'Romeo and Juliet' led to the tragic love story.
Pro Tip 2/3Event Planning
Used to describe a themed event where guests should wear disguises.
Please RSVP if you'll be attending the annual Halloween masquerade.
Pro Tip 3/3Mystery Element
Masquerades offer an atmosphere of mystery and surprise due to the masks.
The air was electric with excitement at the masquerade.
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
if he was a realist masquerading as an idealist or an idealist masquerading as a realist, as people always wondered about Bobby Kennedy and John Kennedy in that way. What he was was a decathlete of nation-building, of problem-solving, of troubleshooting in the world's worst places and in the world's most broken places.
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A queer vision of love...
We are expanding the spectrum of gender and sexuality, imagining ourselves into existence, imagining a world where gender is self-determined and not imposed, and where who we are is a kaleidoscope of possibility without the narrow-minded limitations masquerading as science or justice.
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How much sleep do you...
And the lower that your quality of sleep is, the higher your risk of death. People who have poor quality of sleep will typically try to sleep longer; they'll try to stay in bed longer to overcome that poor quality of sleep. It may be poor quality of sleep masquerading as long sleep
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"To This Day" ... for...
And they said, "Don't be stupid." See, they asked me what I wanted to be, then told me what not to be. And I wasn't the only one. We were being told that we somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.
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Why isn't the world...
Male tunnelers sport a spectacular array of horns to fight each other for control of these tunnels, which they then defend until the female’s laid her egg. Some male tunnelers avoid the fray by masquerading as hornless females
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The sexual deception of...
precisely the same signature scent as particular insect species. This matching scent allows them to attract male pollinators who fall over and over again for the flowers masquerading as females of their own species.
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Celebrating Mardi Gras...
the city and currently host a masquerade ball and parade that falls on the next to the last weekend of carnival season the cruise captain does not publicly reveal his identity he says it isn't about secrecy i wear
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Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
masquerading as nouns, verbs and adjectives that alter their meanings entirely. This seeming superpower is called lexical ambiguity. It can turn words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
audience for nights to come and I started this talk tonight thinking about why the circus and the carnivalesque and magic and masquerade are forms which are
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Context determines...
masquerade is a patch of the culture it is the voice of our ancestors we tell the truth beyond that as a morale chatter which they keep the secrecy and
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
if he was a realist masquerading as an idealist or an idealist masquerading as a realist, as people always wondered about Bobby Kennedy and John Kennedy in that way. What he was was a decathlete of nation-building, of problem-solving, of troubleshooting in the world's worst places and in the world's most broken places.
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
We are expanding the spectrum of gender and sexuality, imagining ourselves into existence, imagining a world where gender is self-determined and not imposed, and where who we are is a kaleidoscope of possibility without the narrow-minded limitations masquerading as science or justice.
Video examples
How much sleep do you...
And the lower that your quality of sleep is, the higher your risk of death. People who have poor quality of sleep will typically try to sleep longer; they'll try to stay in bed longer to overcome that poor quality of sleep. It may be poor quality of sleep masquerading as long sleep
Video examples
"To This Day" ... for...
And they said, "Don't be stupid." See, they asked me what I wanted to be, then told me what not to be. And I wasn't the only one. We were being told that we somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.
Video examples
Why isn't the world...
Male tunnelers sport a spectacular array of horns to fight each other for control of these tunnels, which they then defend until the female’s laid her egg. Some male tunnelers avoid the fray by masquerading as hornless females
Video examples
The sexual deception of...
precisely the same signature scent as particular insect species. This matching scent allows them to attract male pollinators who fall over and over again for the flowers masquerading as females of their own species.
Video examples
Celebrating Mardi Gras...
the city and currently host a masquerade ball and parade that falls on the next to the last weekend of carnival season the cruise captain does not publicly reveal his identity he says it isn't about secrecy i wear
Video examples
Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
masquerading as nouns, verbs and adjectives that alter their meanings entirely. This seeming superpower is called lexical ambiguity. It can turn words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds.
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
audience for nights to come and I started this talk tonight thinking about why the circus and the carnivalesque and magic and masquerade are forms which are
Video examples
Context determines...
masquerade is a patch of the culture it is the voice of our ancestors we tell the truth beyond that as a morale chatter which they keep the secrecy and
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Quote examples
Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow.
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Anna Kendrick
American Actress
I guess I feel I'm masquerading as an adult when I don't have the kind of friendships and routines that I thought you were supposed to have as an adult. It's the 'Friends' lied to me! syndrome.
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Geraldine McCaughrean
British Novelist
I still keep thinking someone will penetrate my guilty secret - that I have been masquerading as a writer all these years while all I was really doing was enjoying myself, pursuing my passion.
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Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good.
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Cesare Pavese
Italian Poet
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
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Katherine Moennig
American Actress
I would not want to play a girl who masquerades as a boy for the rest of my life.
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R. D. Laing
Scottish Psychologist
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
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Nate Silver
American Writer
A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Marina and the Diamonds
Welsh Musician
I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow.
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Anna Kendrick
American Actress
I guess I feel I'm masquerading as an adult when I don't have the kind of friendships and routines that I thought you were supposed to have as an adult. It's the 'Friends' lied to me! syndrome.
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Geraldine McCaughrean
British Novelist
I still keep thinking someone will penetrate my guilty secret - that I have been masquerading as a writer all these years while all I was really doing was enjoying myself, pursuing my passion.
Quote examples
Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good.
Quote examples
Cesare Pavese
Italian Poet
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
Quote examples
Katherine Moennig
American Actress
I would not want to play a girl who masquerades as a boy for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
R. D. Laing
Scottish Psychologist
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
Quote examples
Nate Silver
American Writer
A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
Quote examples
Marina and the Diamonds
Welsh Musician
I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.
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