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masked

/mɑːskt/adjective

उच्चारण मास्क्ट

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adjective
  1. 1

    wearing a mask; hidden or not shown openly

    नक़ाबपोश; छिपा हुआ

    • masked robbers
    • masked anger
    • Two masked men entered the shop late at night.
    + 2 more examples
    • Masked dancers performed at the village fair.
    • The masked dancers in bright costumes led the procession.

    Synonyms disguised hooded veiled concealed hidden

    Opposite unmasked open revealed bare-faced

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

masked + noun

Masked is a participle adjective before a noun and means wearing a mask or hidden; it describes people and also feelings.

'Masked' noun से पहले आने वाला participle adjective है और इसका अर्थ मास्क पहने हुए या छिपा हुआ है; यह लोगों और भावनाओं दोनों का वर्णन करता है।

  • Two masked men entered the jewellery shop.
  • The masked dancers appeared on the stage.

be masked / be masked by + noun

After be, masked can mean hidden or covered, and by names the thing that hides it.

Be के बाद 'masked' का अर्थ छिपा हुआ या ढका हुआ हो सकता है, और by उस चीज़ को बताता है जो उसे छिपाती है।

  • The pain was masked by the medicine.
  • His anger was masked by a smile.

masked (adjective) vs mask (verb)

The verb is mask, and its past participle masked is also an adjective; the noun mask is the object itself.

Verb 'mask' है, और उसका past participle 'masked' adjective भी है; noun 'mask' स्वयं वस्तु है।

  • The man masked his face.
  • A masked man was seen.

masked ball / masked gang

Masked ball is a party where guests wear masks, and masked gang or masked intruders is used in crime news.

Masked ball ऐसी पार्टी है जिसमें मेहमान मुखौटे पहनते हैं, और masked gang या masked intruders अपराध समाचारों में आता है।

  • The college held a masked ball on the last night.
  • The police are searching for the masked gang.
+Collocations 4

masked + noun

mangangdancerintruderrobber

  • A masked robber entered the shop.

masked + ball / party

masked ballmasked partymasked processionmasked parade

  • The masked ball was the highlight of the festival.

adverb + masked

thinlypoorlybarelyheavilywell

  • His anger was barely masked.

masked + feeling

masked angermasked fearmasked joymasked sadness

  • Her smile hid masked sadness.
“More examples 5
  • Masked dancers performed the Cham dance at the monastery.

मठ में मुखौटा पहने नर्तकों ने चाम नृत्य प्रस्तुत किया।

  • The masked gang escaped on bikes before the police arrived.

पुलिस के पहुँचने से पहले नकाबपोश गिरोह बाइकों पर भाग निकला।

  • The teacher noticed the thinly masked disappointment on the student's face.

अध्यापक ने विद्यार्थी के चेहरे पर मुश्किल से छिपी निराशा देखी।

  • Radhika's real feelings were masked by her cheerful words.

राधिका की असली भावनाएँ उसकी प्रसन्न बातों के पीछे छिपी थीं।

  • A masked man gave the children sweets at the fair.

मेले में एक मुखौटा पहने व्यक्ति ने बच्चों को मिठाइयाँ दीं।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These adjectives all describe something covered, but they differ in what hides it.

ये सभी adjective किसी ढकी हुई चीज़ का वर्णन करते हैं, पर उसे क्या छिपाता है, इसमें भिन्न हैं।

masked

Wearing a mask, or hiding a feeling or fact.

मास्क पहने हुए, या कोई भावना या तथ्य छिपाए हुए।

  • The masked man left.

hidden

Not easy to see or find; general word.

देखने या ढूँढने में कठिन; सामान्य शब्द।

  • The key was hidden in the box.

veiled

Covered with a veil, or expressed in an indirect way.

घूँघट से ढका हुआ, या अप्रत्यक्ष ढंग से व्यक्त।

  • He made a veiled threat.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

disguised hooded veiled concealed hidden

Antonyms

unmasked open revealed bare-faced

?Which word?

Keep the hidden-face words together: masked, hooded (wearing a hood), veiled (covered with a veil; not stated directly: 'a veiled threat'), incognito (with your identity hidden).

छिपे चेहरे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: masked, hooded (टोप पहने), veiled (घूँघट से ढका; सीधे न कहा गया: 'a veiled threat'), incognito (पहचान छिपाकर)।

§Grammar and usage

Usage: masked is a lexicalized adjective ('a masked gunman').

प्रयोग में masked स्वतंत्र adjective है ('a masked gunman')।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Masked ball (a party where people wear masks), masked intruder.

Collocations: masked ball (पार्टी जिसमें लोग मुखौटे पहनें), masked intruder।