Masquerade

Quick meaning: Masquerade is a noun meaning The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.

Meaning

The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
2. (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
3. (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
4. An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
5. (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
6. (obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
7. (obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.

Example Sentences

I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.

He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.

I’m going to masquerade as an old-fashioned pilot. What are you going to dress up as?

There was a Freak took an Aſs in the Head, to Scoure abroad on the Ramble; and away he goes into the Woods, Maſquerading up and down in a Lyon's Skin.

Word Forms

• masquerades
• mascarade
• maskerade
• masquerading
• masqueraded

Synonyms for masquerade

Depending on context, synonyms include masque, pose, mask.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include masque, mask, pose, farce, combination, cover-up.

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