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dissembler
noun as in hypocrite
Strong matches
noun as in pretender
noun as in tartuffe
Strong matches
Example Sentences
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.
I suspect Fox executives know those people will be more easily convinced to vote for Trump if they can be bamboozled into remembering him as merely eccentric, instead of the sociopathic dissembler he actually is.
Second, it’s a dereliction of the press’ duty to ignore powerful dissemblers and liars in public life.
But almost as soon as the news broke that our favorite congressional dissembler apparently had a former life as “Kitara Ravache,” he felt it necessary to step forward and deny the whole thing.
Perhaps it’s because dissemblers often have trouble anticipating the future; they’re stuck in the right now.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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