dissemble
verb (used with object)
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of.
is dissembling
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present progressiveof dissemble (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She is smart where Lorelei is brainless; grown-up where Lorelei is juvenile; wisecracking where Lorelei is breathy; straightforward where Lorelei is dissembling.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2011
But then, with such a man all is dissembling, and art entirely absorbs nature.
From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller
Not a squinting eye now looks this way, Not a slanderous mouth is dissembling, And a heart that has slept the livelong day May now love and hope with trembling.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
