disguised

Syllables: dis·guised/dɪsˈɡaɪzd/US/dɪsˈɡaɪzd/

disguised is the simple past and past participle of disguise.

Adjective

disguised (comparative more disguised, superlative most disguised)

Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.
Made to appear as something other than it is, hidden in outward form.
(obsolete) Altered for the sake of fashion; newfangled or showy.
(obsolete, usually, names) Serving as a disguise; altered for the sake of concealing one’s identity.
- under a disguised name
(obsolete) Concealed, hidden, out of sight.
(obsolete) Acting inappropriately, badly behaved.
- Therefore to make complaynt
  Of such mysadvysed
  Parsons and dysgysed,
  Thys boke we have devysed, […]c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 20–23
- And thus the loselles stryves,
  And lewdely sayes by Chryst
  Agaynst the sely preest. […]
  They mought be better advysed
  Then to be so dysgysed.1521–1522, John Skelton, Collyn Clout; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 261, lines 574–576, 579–580
(broadly, obsolete, slang) Drunk.
- He was never known to be disguised with liquor […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- The saylers and the shipmen all, / Through foul excesse of wine, / Were so disguised that at the sea / They shew'd themselves like swine.c. 1600, Thomas Deloney, Strange histories, or, Songs and sonnets

Meaning of disguise

Verb

disguise (third-person singular simple present disguises, present participle disguising, simple past and past participle disguised)

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
- Spies often disguise themselves.
Synonyms:

masquerade
(obsolete, transitive) To transform or disfigure, to change the appearance of in general.
(transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
- He disguised his true intentions.
(obsolete, transitive) To dress in newfangled or showy clothing, to deck out in new fashions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To dissemble, to talk or act falsely while concealing one’s thoughts.
(archaic, transitive) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the slip.1714 November 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, November 5, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 616; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […]...

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Forms of disguised

comparative	more disguised
superlative	most disguised

Words formed from disguised

Questions about disguised

What does disguised mean?: Disguised means wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, or taking on a changed appearance, especially to conceal one’s identity.
What is disguised the simple past and past participle of?: Disguised is the simple past and past participle of disguise.
What part of speech is disguised?: Disguised is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disguised?: Disguised is pronounced /dɪsˈɡaɪzd/ (UK).

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