guise
noun
general external appearance; aspect; semblance.
guised
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past participleof guise.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof guise.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
guisenoungeneral external appearance; aspect; semblance.
Example Sentences
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You may believe you deserve your family’s love only when you are acting in ways they support, but real love should never be guised as fear or control.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
But for all the circusy bravado of the opening montage, this movie is neither trickle-down treat nor bacchanal guised as bromide, but rather an interrogation of an era defined by an obsession with wealth.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2018
Corden approached the subject guised as a recap of the awards show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2017
It showed an excruciatingly ill-at-ease Mr. Segel guised as Wallace circa the mid-’90s — in granny glasses and a bandanna — wearing an expression that seemed to say, “I shouldn’t be here at all.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2015
Abbe Maury did not pull; but the Charcoalmen brought a mummer guised like him, so he had to pull in effigy.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
