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noun

1. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang put-on. See show/hide.
2. A set or style of clothing: costume, dress, garb, habiliment (often used in plural), outfit, turnout. Informal getup, rig. See put on/take off.

n

Definition: appearance, pretence
Antonyms: reality

IN BRIEF: n. - An artful or simulated semblance.

Tutor's tip: Some "guys" (more than one boy or man) like to take on the "guise" (assumed appearance) of being very athletic.

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For a list of words related to guise, see:

• Clothing in General - guise: style of dress
• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - guise: false appearance; pretext

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klædedragt, skikkelse, dække, holdning

idioms:

• under the guise of    under dække af

Nederlands (Dutch)
mom/schijn, uiterlijk, stijl van kleding

Français (French)
n. - couvert, aspect, prétexte, forme
v. tr. - se déguiser

idioms:

• under the guise of    sous le couvert de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gestalt, Verkleidung, Deckmantel
v. - kleiden, verkleiden

idioms:

• under the guise of    gekleidet als

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ενδυμασία, περιβολή, μεταμφίεση, πρόσχημα, προσωπείο

idioms:

• under the guise of    υπό το πρόσχημα του, με τη μάσκα

Italiano (Italian)
aspetto

idioms:

• under the guise of    sotto la maschera di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aparência (f), vestimenta (f)

idioms:

• under the guise of    sob o pretexto de

Русский (Russian)
облик, обличие, одеяние, маска

idioms:

• under the guise of    под предлогом

Español (Spanish)
n. - apariencia, apariencia fingida, atuendo
v. tr. - vestirse, lucir un atuendo

idioms:

• under the guise of    bajo el disfraz de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kläda (åld.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
外观, 装束, 姿态

idioms:

• under the guise of    假借...名义

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 外觀, 裝束, 姿態

idioms:

• under the guise of    假借...名義

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 겉모습, 변장

idioms:

• under the guise of    ~을 가장하여

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 外観, 服装, 身なり, 仮装, 見せかけ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخفي ( هيئته)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לבוש, תלבושת, הופעה חיצונית, הופעה, סגנון לבוש‬

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