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Dissemble

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.

v. To make a false show of; feign.

verb-intransitive. To disguise or conceal one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To disguise or conceal something; to feign.

v. To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.

v. To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. 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.

v. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

verb-intransitive. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make unlike; cause to look different; disguise.

To give a false impression about; cause to seem different or non-existent; mask under a false pretense or deceptive manner.

To put on the semblance of; simulate; pretend.

To assume the appearance of; appear like; imitate.

Synonyms Dissemble, Simulate, Dissimulate Disguise, cloak, cover. (See hide.) To dissemble is to pretend that a thing which is is not: as, to dissemble one's real sentiments. To simulate is to pretend that a thing which is not is: as, to simulate friendship. To dissimulate is to hide the reality or truth of something under a diverse or contrary appearance: as, to dissimulate one's poverty by ostentation. To disguise is to put under a false guise, to keep a thing from being recognized by giving it a false appearance: as, I cannot disguise from myself the fact. See dissembler and conceal.

To give a false appearance; make a deceptive impression or presentation.

To assume a false seeming; conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments under some pretense; mask the truth about one's self.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. behave unnaturally or affectedly

v. make believe with the intent to deceive

v. hide under a false appearance

Word Usage

"I really enjoy it, I like doing it, I like composing music that I can kind of dissemble and say “what are different ways of telling the same musical story but making the middle something that is sorta indeterminate.”"

Verb Form

dissembled dissembles dissembling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

mask disguise

Hyponym

simulate feign sham assume

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cover cloak equivocate disguise conceal

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

assemble disassemble reassemble resemble tremble

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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