Underhand vs Disguised - What's the difference?
underhand | disguised | Related terms |
secret; clandestine
(by extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below
(disguise)
Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
The act of disguising, notably as a ploy
To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
* Macaulay
To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
(archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
* Spectator
Underhand is a related term of disguised.
As an adjective underhand
is secret; clandestine.As an adverb underhand
is with an underhand movement.As a verb disguised is
(disguise).underhand
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Adjective
(en adjective)disguised
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Verb
(head)disguise
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Noun
(en noun)- ''That cape and mask complete his disguise .
- ''Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
Synonyms
* camouflage * guise * mask * pretenseVerb
- Spies often disguise themselves.
- Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
- He disguised his true intentions.
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.