dissembler
Example Sentences
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His vaguely lined mien suggests premature strain, which feels at odds with a character we’re to take as an expert dissembler, not to say a sociopath.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Mostly, it solidifies Albert as an heir to that 19th-century American archetype, the confidence man, the smooth-talking dissembler who takes advantage of the credulous to sell faith, politics, whatever.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019
It was a steep fall for Robinson, from statewide basketball hero to discredited dissembler.
From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2019
In my own dealings with Assange, he has often overstated his abilities as a hacker; he is a self-confessed dissembler.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2019
But it is necessary to know how to colour over this nature effectively, and to be a great pretender and dissembler.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
