dissembler
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9.5
- noun
- /dɪˈsɛmblər/
:
disimulador
- Dissemblers!
Examples
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I have no idea, really, but I suspect Chuck Todd is not being a conscious dissembler.
Blog text (15) -
But isn't it better, as a rule, to try to expose the fools and dissemblers through open dialogue?
Blog text (5) -
"Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
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I would say also that includes dissemblers, eh, flip!
Blog text (24) -
Those sly dissemblers! Those, uh...
Fiction book (1999) -
Even for the Dissembler-in-Chief, the truth occasionally ekes through.
Blog text (6) -
- You're a dissembler.
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He lives his two lives openly on the straightaway ground; he's not a dissembler.
Fiction book (2002) -
It does no good to wring our hands at the stupid Americans who don't get what a dissembler Romney is.
Blog text (25) -
The politician was known as a dissembler who often changed his opinions to suit the audience.
Synonyms
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6.2
A person who pretends to have feelings or beliefs to deceive others
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3.7
A person who pretends to be someone they are not
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5.2
A person who pretends to be someone else or lies to trick people
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5.5
A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
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7.1
A person who acts friendly or helpful but does not really feel that way
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6.2
A person who seems friendly but is actually dangerous or dishonest
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8.1
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
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8.5
A person who pretends to be a friend but secretly works against others
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8.9
A person who hides their real skill to win unfairly in contests
A person who hides true feelings or plans by saying things they do not mean
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
Antonyms
How Concealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dissembler comes from Latin parts dis- 'away' and simul 'same', and simul is the same root behind similar. So a dissembler is someone who puts a different face 'away' from what they really feel, hiding their true feelings by pretending to be different.