Definitions

dissemble

[dih-sem-buhl] / dɪˈsɛm bəl /

VERB

disguise, pretend

Synonyms

STRONG

affect camouflage cloak conceal counterfeit cover dissimulate fake falsify feign hide mask pass pussyfoot sham shroud signify simulate stonewall whitewash

WEAK

cover up double-talk doublespeak dress up four-flush let on make like play possum put on a false front put on a front put on an act put up a front put up a smokescreen shuck and jive

Antonyms

STRONG

be honest disclose divulge expose lay bare let out open reveal show tell tell the truth uncover unmask

WEAK

admit allow

Example Sentences

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Dissemble your pain, And lengthen your chain, Nor seem her hauteur to regret, If again you shall sigh, She no more will deny, That yours is the rosy coquette.

From Fugitive Pieces by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Dissemble so, as loved he may be thought, And take heed lest he gets that love for naught.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

You know that you recanted all you said Touching the sacrament in that same book You wrote against my Lord of Winchester; Dissemble not; play the plain Christian man.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Dissemble nothing, not a boy; nor change Thy body’s habit, nor mind; be not strange To thyself only.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

Tush! fear not you; for you never knew honest man Dissemble with his friend, though many friends Dissemble with honest men.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

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