in disguise

idiom

1

: wearing a disguise

I've heard that she sometimes travels around the country in disguise.

2

: made to look like something else : presented as another thing

He says that the new fee is really just a tax increase in disguise.

Examples of in disguise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Runaway black hole chased by tail of stars may be galaxy in disguise While the presence of two supermassive black holes in a single galaxy isn't surprising, the fact that this one is not gravitationally bound to the galaxy's core raises intriguing questions about its history. —Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 9 May 2025

Yet some in Malawi saw the massive cuts as a blessing in disguise. —Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025

Still, Canales disagreed when someone suggested Dalton’s injury had been a blessing in disguise. —Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025

These are very Diana updates of old tropes about royal and aristocratic women discovering themselves while in disguise in the strange surroundings of London at night. —Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for in disguise

• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize