adjective

• 1Wearing a mask on all or part of the face.

  ‘a raid by masked gunmen’

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  • ‘masked dancers’
  • ‘He is a masked entity whose crimes set the story in motion.’
  • ‘She plays one of the masked henchmen.’
  • ‘Masked thieves who stole $30 million in artwork from the museum are demanding a huge ransom.’
  • ‘This dark, rather grotesque image shows the artist's masked face surrounded by blades thrown by a circus knife-thrower.’
  • ‘A masked juggler tiptoes on a hoop suspended in midair.’
  • ‘By now the charm has worn off these masked characters, and they simply look infantilized and aimless.’
  • ‘Black-clad masked gunmen scale large oil-storage tanks, while divers are positioned in a boat offshore.’
  • ‘She is held hostage by a masked woman wearing long black gloves and high-heeled boots.’
  • ‘There were images of dogs and masked police in riot gear painted in Day-Glo colors with shimmery radioactive outlines.’
  • ‘Who is that masked man?’

• 2(of one's true character or feelings) concealed.

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  • ‘the barely masked anger in their tone’