dissemble
verb /dɪˈsembl/
/dɪˈsembl/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissemble | /dɪˈsembl/ /dɪˈsembl/ |
| he / she / it dissembles | /dɪˈsemblz/ /dɪˈsemblz/ |
| past simple dissembled | /dɪˈsembld/ /dɪˈsembld/ |
| past participle dissembled | /dɪˈsembld/ /dɪˈsembld/ |
| -ing form dissembling | /dɪˈsemblɪŋ/ /dɪˈsemblɪŋ/ |
- dissemble (something) to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones
- She was a very honest person who was incapable of dissembling.
Word Originlate Middle English: alteration (suggested by semblance) of obsolete dissimule, via Old French from Latin dissimulare ‘disguise, conceal’.