I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
thinly
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This was a thinly disguised device designed to give Harleston the opportunity to ease Jeffries out painlessly and to find a replacement.
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Hardly compatible with discretion, that I should ride to the Palace in so thinly disguised a vehicle.
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Mostly they turned out to be thinly disguised candidate ads, a violation of the spirit of the law at best.
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Both, however, were under external threat from barbarians more or less thinly disguised .
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No question, a lot of corporate take-overs are shams, thinly disguised .
■ NOUN
attempt
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The effect Jennifer had on him was so obvious that Ann was amazed he made no attempt to disguise it.
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He made no attempt to disguise his limp.
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Johnson makes no attempt to disguise the fact.
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Does Sanchez worry about attempts at disguised retaliation?
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He made no attempt to disguise it and sold the car to a firm of car dealers.
fact
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That impersonality is the essence of war and the Thiepval Memorial attempts to disguise that fact by pretending to commemorate persons.
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But this justifiable pleasure does not disguise the fact that much was left undone.
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Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together.
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Clare moved on purposefully, as if it was necessary to disguise the fact that she had no money.
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But none of this could disguise the fact that the great nobles had substantial bodies of experienced soldiers at their disposal.
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Johnson makes no attempt to disguise the fact .
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The essential purpose was to disguise the fact that Dennis was an alcoholic.
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Using so many spices helped to disguise the fact that the food was often far from fresh.
■ VERB
try
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She didn't try to disguise the gap it left behind by drawing the other suits together.
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Kim said, trying his best to disguise his shock and fear at such a proposal.
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Indeed he had not tried to disguise in his Middle East diaries what he knew would happen to the soldiers.
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It was the kind of station, and nobody tried to disguise it, where self-respecting disc jockeys were never found.
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I thought it was you; you were trying to disguise your voice.
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She too had tried to disguise herself in kurta pajama, had pulled her hair back as I had done.
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He stood accused of trying to disguise a crude revenue-raising measure.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blessing in disguise
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The loss of fertilizer proved to be a blessing in disguise. It forced us to use compost, which is better for the soil and crops.
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Again, one may be forced to the conclusion that his departure was a blessing in disguise for him.
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Be positive, this could be a blessing in disguise, use the time gained wisely.
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But in a way that time lag, though it could be frustrating, was also a blessing in disguise.
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Poor Jonas' death was a blessing in disguise, though one could wish it had happened differently.
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The crash was a blessing in disguise for Schwab.
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The great cattle freeze of the white winter had been, in retrospect, a blessing in disguise.
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The Labour defeat was a disaster, but it might be a blessing in disguise.
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Well, maybe this is a blessing in disguise.
thinly disguised/veiled
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Almost all his climbs have a certain something: a thinly disguised air of intimidation often allied to a raw brutality.
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Both, however, were under external threat from barbarians more or less thinly disguised.
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Dole passed up two thinly veiled invitations by moderator Jim Lehrer to address so-called character issues.
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Hardly compatible with discretion, that I should ride to the Palace in so thinly disguised a vehicle.
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I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.
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Mostly they turned out to be thinly disguised candidate ads, a violation of the spirit of the law at best.
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Mrs Thatcher's public speeches contained thinly veiled warning messages to colleagues who doubted the strategy.
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She was only thinly veiled, and Rostov could see that although she was beautiful, she was old.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He spent several years in the monastery disguised as a monk.
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Larry couldn't disguise his satisfaction at seeing his competitor go out of business.
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She managed to get into the camp by disguising herself as a soldier.
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The FBI say the hijackers were very likely to have been disguised.
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The men had disguised the vessel as fishing boat to escape.
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The park's waterfalls disguise the traffic noise from the freeway.
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The robber was wearing a paper bag over his head to disguise his face.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then the genie told him about the magician disguised as the holy woman.
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But what is striking now is that neither side seems bothered about disguising those differences.
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Dexter admired the way in which his boss disguised who she was really interested in.
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Do not disguise your intentions in order to achieve your own ends as doing this only feeds the negativity within you.
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Myriad receptions and reunions could not disguise the bleak prospects for job hunters.
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No amount of expensive television advertising can disguise that.
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Their Walkpersons are in actuality radar sensors cleverly disguised, I theorize.
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With horrible political insight they found a way to disguise the thing.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Friends gave us long robes and veils for disguise .
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The army does not officially admit that it uses disguises.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it was a good disguise , he told himself.
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He went across in a variety of disguises, or sent emissaries, and negotiated the price.
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Inevitably though, these disguises inspired in readers a sense of vicarious danger or disgust.
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Luther was the devil in disguise .
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Morning comes, and Blue starts busying himself with another disguise .
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The crash was a blessing in disguise for Schwab.
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The major problem is that it is just another irresponsible tax cut in disguise that would mostly benefit rich folks like Forbes.
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The peddler in disguise showed Snow White her beautiful, colorful laces.