Synonyms for dissemble
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-sem-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛm bəl |
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Définition of dissemble
Origin :- early 15c. (implied in dissemblable), apparently a variant of Middle English dissimule (influenced by Middle French dessembler or English resemble), late 14c., from Old French dissimuler, from Latin dissimulare (see dissimulation). Related: Dissembled; dissembling.
- verb disguise, pretend
- She had meant to wait; but, with his keen eyes on her, she could not dissemble.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It was hard to dissemble still, to tempt him to say something that would madden me!
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- They consult, when they know not how to dissemble; they determine, when they cannot mistake.
- Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
- To dissemble this he had availed himself of the fact that Figaro was a Spaniard.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- The contempt he did not trouble to dissemble served but to goad them on.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- "I see it is useless for me to dissemble," he said, in a low tone.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Virgins, untaught to love or to dissemble, lifted adoring eyes.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- I was indignant, but I knew that I must dissemble, so I only laughed.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- But after consideration he spoke as if he thought it well to dissemble a great dislike of me.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- Indeed, however they may dissemble, the night is always their day.
- Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for dissemble
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