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undisguised

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not disguised, plainly visible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1885, Edward Dutton Cook, Anderson, John Henry, article in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 1: Abbadie - Anne, The bal masqué was ‘a scene of undisguised indecency, drunkenness, and vice.’
  • 1890s, Xenophon, Henry Graham Dakyns (translator), Hellenica, Book 4, Chapter 5, 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

plain to see

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • undisguised curiosity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + disguised.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: явен (javen) — not disguised
  • Bulgarian: неприкрит (neprikrit) — not disguised
  • Greek: αμασκάρευτος (amaskáreftos) — not disguised