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Synonyms for masquerade

pose

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masked ball

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Synonyms for masquerade

a display of insincere behavior

to change or modify so as to prevent recognition of the true identity or character of

to represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is

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Synonyms for masquerade

a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

making a false outward show

take part in a masquerade

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pretend to be someone or something that you are not

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Hundreds of beautifully adorned masqueraders rejoin the festival grounds in full costume to start the second part of the more vivacious evening.
It also includes material from interviews conducted with veteran masqueraders (mainly from the Virgin Islands) and numerous helpful color and halftone photographs.
Milton's famous masques, including Arcades, which may very well have been Hawthorne's inspiration, and Comus, which he also mentions in "The Masqueraders" chapter, enact rural allegories of competing Arcadian queens in which one is portrayed more favorably than the other (Lewalski 300-01).
"The Masqueraders" is accounted as one of her best romance novels and this complete and unabridged audio book edition, skillfully narrated by Ruth Sillers, is especially recommended for personal and community library audio book collections.
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The festivities feature a Freedom Run and the Masqueraders (masked street dancers) will dance and prance to the sound of fifes and drums.
With thanks to sshrc, her most recent book is Women, Popular Culture, and the Eighteenth Century (Toronto, 2012) and her next is a critical edition of two of Eliza Haywood's 1724 novellas, The Masqueraders and The Surprize (Toronto, 2014).
In Georgette Heyer's frothy The Masqueraders, joining the Scottish Jacobite rebellion has left Robin in danger of hanging for treason.
In the carnival, Junkanoo dancers moved to the beat of steel pan drums as masqueraders paraded their way through the airport's Terminals 1 and 3.
Jazz band drummer Carla Hill aged 12 shows off her new alloy harness in February 1992 Right - Parading with pride, Saltburn Masqueraders marching jazz band perform at the official opening ceremony of a new community centre on Skelton Green which was opened by Langbaurgh Mayor Arthur Harrison in June 1991