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All dissemble synonyms

dis·sem·ble
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verb dissemble

  • disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
  • pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
  • feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
  • dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
  • mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
  • cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
  • camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
  • shroud — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • signify — to make known by signs, speech, or action.
  • stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
  • simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
  • affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
  • counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
  • pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
  • sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • dress up — of or for a dress or dresses.
  • let on — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
  • play possum — opossum.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • four-flush — to bluff.
  • make like — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  • pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
  • act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
  • play-act — to engage in make-believe.
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