Masquerade

Noun

 * 1) A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
 * In courtly balls and midnight masquerades - Alexander Pope
 * 1)  A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See “mask”
 * 2) Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
 * I was invited to the masquerade at their home.
 * That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome - Thomas de Quincey
 * 1) A Spanish diversion on horseback.

Verb

 * 1)  To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
 * I'm going to masquerade as the wikipede. What are you going to dress up as?
 * 1)  To frolic or disport in disguise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
 * He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.
 * A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin - Roger L'Estrange
 * 1)  To conceal with masks; to disguise.
 * To masquerade vice - Killingbeck

Adjectives for Masquerade
brilliant; glittering; ghastly; savage; phantom; speaking; ironic; ghostly.

Verbs for Masquerade
attend—; organize—; plan—; reveal—; — bamboozles (colloq.); —beguiles; —blinds; —cloaks; —conceals; —counterfeits; —curtains; —decoys; —deludes; —diverts; — eclipses; —enlivens; —hoodwinks; -—lures; —masks; —muffles; —mystifies; —relaxes; —screens; —secretes; —shades; —shrouds; —stifles; —suppresses; —veils.

Adverbs for Masquerade
oizarrely; brilliantly; savagely; ironically; enthusiastically;  spectacularly;   joyously; ceremonially; formally; perfunctorily.

Thesaurus
Kaffeeklatsch, accouter, act, act a part, act as, act out, acting, affectation, ape, aping, appearance, attitudinize, attitudinizing, bal, bal costume, bal masque, ball, ballet skirt, barn dance, be incognito, blowout, bluff, bluffing, burrow, buskin, camouflage, cap and bells, caparison, characterization, cheating, cloak, cocktail party, coffee klatch, color, coloring, copy, costume, costume party, country dance, cover, cover-up, dance, deception, delusion, dinner, dinner party, disappear, disguise, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, do, domino, donation party, drop from sight, dumb show, embodiment, enact, enacting, enactment, entertainment, equip, facade, face, fakery, faking, false air, false colors, false face, false front, false show, falsity, fancy-dress ball, feigning, feint, festivity, fit, fit out, four-flushing, fraud, front, garden party, getup, gilt, gloss, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground, habit, hen party, hide, hide away, hide out, hole up, hop, house party, house-raising, housewarming, humbug, humbuggery, imitate, imitation, impersonate, impersonation, imposture, incarnation, incognito, lawn party, lie, lie close, lie doggo, lie hid, lie low, lie snug, make false pretenses, mask, masked ball, masque, masquerade as, masquerade ball, masquerade party, meretriciousness, mime, mimesis, mimic, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mixer, motley, mummery, ostentation, outfit, outward show, pantomime, pantomiming, party, pass for, pass off, perform, performance, performing, personate, personation, personification, play, play a part, play peekaboo, playacting, playing, portrayal, pose, pose as, posing, posture, pretend to be, pretense, pretension, pretext, prom, promenade, protective coloration, put-on, record hop, remain anonymous, representation, retire from sight, rig, rig out, rig up, seeming, semblance, sham, shindig, shindy, show, shower, simulacrum, simulate, simulation, sit tight, smoke screen, smoker, sock, speciousness, square dance, stag, stag dance, stag party, stay in hiding, subterfuge, suit, surprise party, take cover, take off, tea dance, the dansant, tights, turn out, tutu, uniform, varnish, veil, visor, vizard, vizard mask, wear a mask, window dressing

Etymology
From mascarade ( mascarada), from  mascarata (mascherata). See “mask”.

Noun

 * Catalan: mascarada
 * Czech:
 * Hebrew: נשף מסכות,  מסיבת תחפושות
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: маскенбал, маскарада
 * Russian: маскарад
 * Spanish: mascarada
 * Swedish: maskerad


 * : Maskerade

Verb

 * Arabic: تنكر
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: 成りすます (なりすます, narisumasu), 装う (よそおう, yosoou)


 * Macedonian: маскира
 * Portuguese:

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