guise Definition
guise (gīz)
noun
- Archaic
- manner or way
- customary behavior, manner, or carriage
- manner of dress; garb
- outward aspect; semblance
- a false or deceiving appearance; pretense under the guise of friendship
Etymology: ME gise < OFr guise < OHG wisa, way, manner, akin to wise
Guise¹ Definition
Guise (gēz)
noun
name of a Fr. ducal family of the 16th & 17th cent.
Guise² Definition
Guise (gēz)
Guise, François de Lorraine (frän swȧ′ də lō̂ ren′) 2d Duc de Guise 1519-63; Fr. statesman
- gēz
Guise, Henri de Lorraine (än rē′) 3d Duc de Guise 1550-88; Fr. statesman: son of François
guise Synonyms
guise Usage Examples
Converse of object
- assume: Article continues In general, cricket in south Asian fiction assumes a more mature guise.
- adopt: Lord Mongo prowls mad angry in a quarry, adopting various guises and railing his gob against a gyrating void.
- take: Mercury's been known to take many guises.. .
- use: Jesus could use the guise of prophet tho in reality a prince.
- have: The security issue has many guises No one wants to know that the external security threat is just getting worse.
Adjective modifier
- various: Yet, I go on stage in various guises with the sole intent of creating a mood of goodwill with me at its center.
- different: The computer, in its many different guises, has invaded the gallery space.
- many: Mercury's been known to take many guises.. .
- familiar: We love to allow actors to appear in something different from their familiar guise.
- former: Reading last appeared at the Abbey on 2 October 2003 under their former guise of the Racers in a Premier League encounter.
- numerous: We are now accustomed to tracing such gradual effects in numerous guises, from acid rain to global warming to pesticide residues.
Possessives
actress: Director Philip Casson went on to direct Louise Gold in her actress ' guise in an episode of Casualty.
Preposition: in
order: Sometimes these assumed fearsome guises in order to frighten away both tomb robbers and evil spirits.
Preposition: of
- religion: His masterpiece is a good, upright, honest, respected religious man who teaches false doctrine under the guise of true religion.
- game: These days nearly all trojans are spread in the guise of a free game, handy tool or other software.
- man: Days later, in the guise of an old man, Blake pierces the enemy lines with Pedro at his side.
- activity: CCTV, car sensors, tracking inside our phones and id card movement tracking in the guise of anti- terror activity.
- concern: The US and British administrations are still threatening Iraq under the guise of concern about weapons of mass destruction.
- reform: The internal market has continued under Labor under the guise of public sector reform and ' modernisation ' .
Browse dictionary entries near guise
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