Conspicuous vs Undisguised - What's the difference?
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Obvious or easy to notice.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
* 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
Not disguised, plainly visible.
* 1854 , ,
* 1885 , , Volume 1: Abbadie - Anne,
* 1890s , , Book 4, Chapter 5,
Conspicuous is a related term of undisguised.
As adjectives the difference between conspicuous and undisguised
is that conspicuous is obvious or easy to notice while undisguised is not disguised, plainly visible.conspicuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
Antonyms
* inconspicuousExternal links
* * * * *undisguised
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The Major-General has already been made aware of the fact, that a large number of ill-disposed persons have, for some days, been openly organizing, drilling, and equipping themselves, with the undisguised object of attacking her Majesty's troops, and, if possible, subverting the Government.
- The bal masqué was ‘a scene of undisguised indecency, drunkenness, and vice.’
- So when they perceived the approach of Agesilaus, the Argives and their friends left the offerings as they lay, including the preparations for the breakfast, and retired with undisguised alarm into the city by the Cenchrean road.