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Adjective dissembling has 1 sense
- dissembling, dissimulating, dissimulative - concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts"
Antonym: sincere (indirect, via insincere)
Noun dissembling has 2 senses
- pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling - pretending with intention to deceive
--1 is a kind of misrepresentation, deceit, deception
--1 has particulars:
- deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation - the act of deceiving
--2 is a kind of falsification, misrepresentaation
--2 has particulars: | | fakery; indirection; trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan; duplicity, double-dealing; cheat, cheating; delusion, illusion, head game; pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning; imposture, impersonation; obscurantism; bluff, four flush; take-in |
Verb dissemble has 3 senses
- feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
--1 is one way to misrepresent, belie
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- dissemble, cloak, mask - hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
--2 is one way to disguise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- dissemble, pretend, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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