to dissemble
9
9.1
- verb
- /dɪˈsɛmbl/
:
disimular
- I'm not dissembling.
The challenge He's a spy, and spies dissemble and conceal, and they have to be believable as they lie.
- The challenge He's a spy, and spies dissemble and conceal, and they have to be believable as they lie.
Examples
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Would he continue to be open, or would he start to dissemble?
Fiction book (1993) -
She tried to dissemble her feelings during the meeting to avoid confrontation.
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But I will not dissemble with you.
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I would dissemble with my nature where my fortune and my friends at stake required I should do so in honor.
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Tom did not feel he could dissemble or hide from such a thing.
Fiction book (2001) -
When you met him, you told him what he wished to know, and you did not dissemble.
Fiction book (1991) -
When my mother phones, I dissemble; otherwise she'll worry.
Fiction book (1992) -
Why do you dissemble and deceive?
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But some of the board members feel he might be dissembling.
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Despite her attempts to dissemble through polite conversation, her actions reveal her true feelings all too clearly.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To act as if something is true when it is not
270
3.9
To make someone believe something that is not true to get an advantage
115
8.1
To pretend to have a feeling or quality to deceive others
111
3.7
To cover part of something to hide or protect it
63
5.1
To cover something so it is hard to see or understand
48
6.3
Make someone believe something that is not true
40
7.2
Pretend to feel something, like surprise or interest, to trick other people
7
8.2
To trick someone by hiding the truth
1
6.4
To pretend to be or feel something to trick people
1
9.5
To hide your true feelings or plans with a false expression
1
8.1
To trick someone who trusts you by hiding your real plans to get something for yourself
1
9.1
Pretending to be someone else to trick people
To pretend to be someone else to trick people
Antonyms
How Concealing
270
3.9
9
9.1
40
7.2
210
5.1
129
5.9
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dissemble comes from the Latin parts dis- meaning 'not' and simulare meaning 'to pretend'. Think of it as the opposite of similar: to dissemble is to hide your true feelings by pretending to be someone you are not.