dissemble
Meaning
- (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- (transitive) To feign, dissimulate.
- (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
Synonyms
act the hypocrite
play the hypocrite
make as if
disquise
keep secret
use craft
to play the hypocrite
Translations
disimular
fingir
verbergen
feindre
dissimulare
ontveinzenPronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈsɛmbəl/
Etymology
First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule.
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