dissemble
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dissemble
- /dɪˈsɛmbəl/
- [dɪˈsɛmbɫ̩]
Where it comes from
First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule. Displaced native Old English mīþan.
verb dissembles · dissembling · dissembled
- To disguise or conceal something. Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
- To feign, dissimulate. And like a Lyon, Slumbring in the vvay, / Or Sleep-diſſembling, vvhile he vvaits his Prey, […]
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To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
Similar: disregard, take no notice of, brush off, discount, dissemble, despise, ignore, misheed, misregard, neglect, pass, pass by
- To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings. VVhile to his Arms the bluſhing Bride he took; / To ſeeming Sadneſs ſhe compoſ'd her Look; / As if by Force ſubjected to his VVill, / Tho' pleaſ'd, diſſembling, and a VVoman ſtill.
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verb to disguise or conceal something
| Español | disimular |
|---|---|
| Français | dissimuler |
| Deutsch | verbergen |
| Русский | скрыва́ть skryvátʹ |
verb to feign
| Deutsch | vortäuschen |
|---|---|
| Русский | притворя́ться pritvorjátʹsja |
verb to deliberately ignore something
| Deutsch | verbergen, verhehlen |
|---|---|
| Русский | игнори́ровать ignorírovatʹ |
verb to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings
| Español | disimular |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | sich nichts anmerken lassen, sich verstellen, heucheln |
| Русский | лицемерить licemeritʹ, притворя́ться pritvorjátʹsja |
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title = {dissemble},
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