dissemble
verb
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make believe with the intent to deceive
He feigned that he was ill
Types & categories
- misrepresent hypernym
- play possum hyponym
- take a dive hyponym
- bullshit hyponym
- mouth hyponym
Related & opposite
- pretense derivation
- fake derivation
- dissembling derivation
- hypocrite derivation
- role player derivation
- shammer derivation
- make believe verb group
Sense 2 verb
hide under a false appearance
He masked his disappointment
Types & categories
- disguise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
behave unnaturally or affectedly
She's just acting
Types & categories
- sham hyponym
Related & opposite
- act derivation
- role player derivation
- behave verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretense |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissembling |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypocrite |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shammer |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | make believe |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | misrepresent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | play possum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take a dive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullshit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mask |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | masking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloak |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disguise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | act |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | behave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sham |