masked
adjective
[ mɑːskt ]
• wearing a mask on all or part of the face.
• "a raid by masked gunmen"
• (of one's true character or feelings) concealed.
• "the barely masked anger in their tone"
mask
verb
• cover (the face) with a mask.
• "he had been masked, bound, and abducted"
Similar:
hide,
conceal,
disguise,
cover up,
obscure,
screen,
cloak,
camouflage,
veil,
mantle,
blanket,
enshroud,
• conceal (something) from view.
• "the poplars masked a factory"
Similar:
hide,
conceal,
disguise,
cover up,
obscure,
screen,
cloak,
camouflage,
veil,
mantle,
blanket,
enshroud,
• cover (an object or surface) so as to protect it during painting.
• "mask off doors and cupboards with sheets of plastic"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French masque, from Italian maschera, mascara, probably from medieval Latin masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arabic masḵara ‘buffoon’.
