dissembler

[ dih-sem-bler ]

/ dɪˈsɛm blər /

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noun

a person who gives a false or misleading appearance, or who feigns or pretends something; a fraud or phony: I take everyone seriously until they reveal themselves to be liars, dissemblers, shills, or unrepentant hypocrites.

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Origin of dissembler

dissemble + -er¹

Words nearby dissembler

disseisin, disseizee, disselboom, dissemblance, dissemble, dissembler, disseminate, disseminated, disseminated sclerosis, disseminating, dissemination

How to use dissembler in a sentence

I have seen many as young brawlers and spendthrifts, but never as young and accomplished a dissembler.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
Balboa was something of a dissembler himself on occasion, as you will see.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
In everything he was apt, in war as well as in diplomacy, marvellously adroit, and a consummate dissembler.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
It was with a pang at his heart that he returned to his old thought of her being possibly a finished coquette and dissembler.
A Laodicean|Thomas Hardy

He is the arch-deceiver, the master sophist, the prime dissembler, the prince of hypocrites.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays|James E. Talmage

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