thinly disguised
Frequency: 6.47.8 per million words
A feeling or intention that is not well hidden.
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Examples (10)
- His job offer was a thinly disguised attempt to remove her from the project.
- She couldn't hide her thinly disguised disappointment when she saw the results.
- The article was a thinly disguised piece of propaganda for the government.
- He spoke with thinly disguised contempt for his opponent's arguments.
- Her compliment about my new haircut felt like a thinly disguised insult.
- There was a hint of thinly disguised panic in her voice.
- The politician's speech included several thinly disguised attacks on the media.
- His 'friendly advice' was just a thinly disguised threat.
- The festive celebration was a thinly disguised effort to boost employee morale after the layoffs.
- She accepted the apology with a thinly disguised smirk, knowing she had won.