To masquerade means "to pretend to be someone else." If you masquerade as a sweet, kind hearted person, you present that image to the world, hiding your true identity as a jerk who has rage issues.
An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
Noun
making a false outward show; "a beggar''s masquerade of wealth"
Noun
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
Noun
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
Verb
pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as the expert on the Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"
Verb
take part in a masquerade
n.
An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing
themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
n.
A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See
1st Mask, 4.
n.
Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of
something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
n.
A Spanish diversion on horseback.
v. i.
To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
v. i.
To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a
pretentious show of being what one is not.
v. t.
To conceal with masks; to disguise.
Masquerade
In courtly balls and midnight masquerades.2.
That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome.4.
Masquerade
A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin.
Masquerade
An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
To conceal with masks; to disguise.
Usage Examples
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnd, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.