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

Dorset and Riuers, take each others hand, Dissemble not your hatred, Sweare your loue Riu.

From Richard III by Shakespeare, William

No, Flavia, 'tis your love I fear; Love's surest darts, Those which so seldom fail him, are Headed with hearts: Their very shadows make us yield; Dissemble well, and win the field!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Dissemble nothing, not a boy; nor change Thy bodie’s habite, nor minde; be not strange To thyeselfe onely.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

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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