dissemble
verb (used with object)
to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of.
well-dissembled
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a word derived from
dissemble.
Example Sentences
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The grove itself resembles Ida's wood; And Simois seem'd the well-dissembled flood.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
"What!" he cried, turning to her with well-dissembled astonishment.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace
They meet; they wheel; they throw their darts afar With harmless rage and well-dissembled war.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
And as Mudjekeewis, rising, Stretched his hand to pluck the bulrush, Hiawatha cried in terror, 140Cried in well-dissembled terror, "Kago! kago! do not touch it!"
From The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By the treachery of a servant, my comrades were admitted into Count Rudolpho's grounds, whilst I attended the nuptial rites with the well-dissembled face of friendship.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
