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GUISE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does guise mean?

• GUISE (noun)
The noun GUISE has 1 sense:

1. an artful or simulated semblance

Familiarity information: GUISE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GUISE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An artful or simulated semblance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

guise; pretence; pretext; pretense

Context example:

under the guise of friendship he betrayed them

Hypernyms ("guise" is a kind of...):

color; colour; gloss; semblance (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)

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