Synonyms for guise
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1. guisenoun

   External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

   Synonyms:
   look, appearance

2. guisenoun

   Synonyms:
   manner, practice, behavior, mien

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1. guise

   Synonyms:
   aspect, garb, semblance, plea, demeanor, dress, appearance, fashion, mien, manner

   Antonyms:
   character, person, individual, sentiment, disposition, opinion, life, mind, soul, self

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1. guise, pretense, pretence, pretextnoun

   an artful or simulated semblance

   "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

   Synonyms:
   pretending, pretence, pretext, simulation, pretense, pretension, feigning, make-believe, stalking-horse, dissembling

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1. • Semblance

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1. guisenoun

   Synonyms:
   appearance, aspect, garb, dress, form, shape, figure, fashion, manner, mode

2. guisenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] air, mien, demeanor, behavior

3. guisenoun

   Synonyms:
   practice, habit, custom, manner, mode

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1. guisenoun

   Synonyms:
   way, custom, manner, mien, garb, shape, appearance, dress, cloak

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1. List of paraphrases for "guise":

   pretext, cloak, excuse, pretence, cover, appearance, semblance, mantle, disguise, star

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1. Catherine Pugh:

   Like everyone in our city, state and across this nation, we mourned the senseless killing of Jacquelyn Smith. To now learn that family members staged this brutal killing is beyond belief and represents a double tragedy, they were responsible for taking Jacquelyn's life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents.

2. Marion Brown:

   It was sexual harassment … violating my body, propositioning me. Inviting me to hotels with the guise of discussing business and then propositioning me … for sex.

3. United States:

   While China is facing huge economic headwinds, the country has defied bearish predictions in the past, in other words, Western banks are playing the long game under the guise of portfolio diversification.

4. Misty Marris:

   This all under the guise of those very, very damaging social media searches that really was that blueprint of his actions, according to prosecutors, this really put the puzzle together to show the story, which is what was needed in a circumstantial evidence case to establish probable cause.

5. Ralph Norman:

   Like an out-of-control firehose, the federal government has been spewing trillions of dollars under the guise of Covid relief, without any real guardrails or oversight, i don’t care how long it takes – we need a top-down audit on how every dollar of the American Rescue Plan has been spent. Any individual or organization who utilized these funds ought to be able to provide a thorough defense of their decisions. And anyone who spent ARP dollars outside the letter or spirit of that law must be held to account.