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dissemble
Meaning: to conceal true motives or feelings behind a false appearance
dissemble in a sentence
How dissemble is used in real sentences:
Although she knew who had taken the files, she dissembled when questioned.
The suspect dissembled, smiling calmly while hiding his fear of discovery.
“A contractor smiled and claimed new paint could make everything whole; Ortiz suspected he was trying to dissemble, since his private estimate admitted that much original brushwork would be buried.”
— from the passage The Visible Scars
Synonyms for dissemble
Other words for dissemble — conceal, pretend and feign — carry the same meaning.
- conceal
- pretend
- feign
Antonyms of dissemble
Words that mean the opposite of dissemble:
- reveal
- disclose
- avow
Where it comes from
From Old French dessembler, meaning 'to conceal or disguise.'
Memory hook
DIS-SEEM: when you dissemble, things are not as they seem.