dissimulate
Meaning of dissimulate
- conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character).
a country gentleman who dissimulates his wealth beneath ragged pullovers
now that they have power, they no longer need to dissimulate
late Middle English: from Latin dissimulat- ‘hidden, concealed’, from the verb dissimulare .
Information about dissimulate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of dissimulate is: dissimulates.
- Languages in which dissimulate is used:
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Hyphenation of dissimulate
dis-sim-u-late
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- dissimulate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
dissimulate synonyms
Meaning behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not:
Meaning deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:
Meaning pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury):
Meaning behave so as to appear to be; pretend to be:
Meaning conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs:
Meaning pretend to be someone one is not:
Meaning present or constitute (a problem or danger):
Meaning behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead:
Meaning falsely present something as the truth:
Meaning forge or counterfeit (something):
Meaning try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions:
Meaning imitate fraudulently:
Meaning (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
Translation of dissimulate
- Italian: fingere, dissimulare
- Spanish: fingir
- German: heucheln
Words that rhyme with dissimulate
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