dissemble
verb (used with object)
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of.
undissembling
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a word derived from
dissemble.
Example Sentences
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But answer undissembling; tell me true; Who art thou? whence? where stands thy city? where Thy father’s mansion?
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
She lov'd: but such her guileless passion was, As in the dawn of time, inform'd the heart Of innocence and undissembling truth.
From Mystery and Confidence (Vol. 1 of 3) A Tale by Elizabeth Pinchard
All the feelings of a simple and undissembling mind have been roused by turns, to excite me to a deed, from which rectitude starts back with horror, which integrity blushes to look on!
From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by William Godwin
There was no apparent reason why he should not hasten back to the eager arms in the rue de l'Université if he chose to--unless, indeed, his undissembling attitude toward Mlle.
From Jason by Justus Miles Forman
Stenon had welcomed him, benign and free, With warm and undissembling amity, Enroll'd him in the list of friends select He singled out his measures to direct— And e'en his life was in Ernestus' power.
From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by William Sidney Walker
