dissemble

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To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice
To disguise or conceal something; to feign
To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings
to hide by pretending something different
{v} to play the hypocrit, to pretend
To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
{f} act in a false or misleading manner, disguise one's true motives
hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment
behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment
To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask
behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
When people dissemble, they hide their real intentions or emotions. Henry was not slow to dissemble when it served his purposes. to hide your true feelings, thoughts etc (dissimule (14-17 centuries), from dissimulare; DISSIMULATE)
To falsely hide ones opinions or feelings
To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign
hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
dissembling
Present participle of dissemble
dissembled
{a} made to dissemble, pretended
dissembler
{n} a hypocrit, pretender, cheat
dissemblingly
{a} hypocritically, falsely, basely
To dissemble
dissimule
dissembled
past of dissemble
dissembler
One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite
dissembler
someone who dissembles
dissembler
{i} one who disguises his true motives, one who acts in a false or misleading manner, hypocrite
dissemblers
plural of dissembler
dissembles
third-person singular of dissemble
dissembling
concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts"
dissembling
pretending with intention to deceive
dissembling
The action of the verb dissemble
dissembling
That dissembles; hypocritical; false
dissembling
concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts
dissembling
the act of deceiving
dissemblingly
in a false or misleading manner, deceptively, hypocritically
dissemble
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