How do you use Dissemble in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pretend or disguise, plus the exact meaning.
Dissemble meaning
- To disguise or conceal something.
- To feign, dissimulate.
- To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
Using Dissemble
- The main meaning on this page is: To disguise or conceal something. | To feign, dissimulate. | To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- Useful related words include: pretend, disguise, mask, cloak.
- In the example corpus, dissemble often appears in combinations such as: to dissemble.
Context around Dissemble
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dissemble
- In this selection, "dissemble" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, systematically, exaggerate and constraints stand out and add context to how "dissemble" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continues to dissemble exaggerate and and flirt and dissemble. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dissemble" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dissemble
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The greatest concern is that this is more evidence of U.S. attempts to systematically dissemble constraints on its behavior. (20 words)
He advises women to read elegiac poetry, learn to play games, sleep with people of different ages, flirt, and dissemble. (20 words)
I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. (22 words)
Rousseau, he wrote, "has not had the precaution to throw any veil over his sentiments; and, as he scorns to dissemble his contempt for established opinions, he could not wonder that all the zealots were in arms against him. (39 words)
Sadly, this comes as no surprise, given that the lead candidate is Boris Johnson, the leave campaign’s most prominent architect and a man who continues to dissemble, exaggerate and disinform the public about Brexit. (35 words)
It's pretty definitively the end, so then it just might be uncomfortable having to sort of dissemble like a politician for ages about it. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
It's pretty definitively the end, so then it just might be uncomfortable having to sort of dissemble like a politician for ages about it.
Sadly, this comes as no surprise, given that the lead candidate is Boris Johnson, the leave campaign’s most prominent architect and a man who continues to dissemble, exaggerate and disinform the public about Brexit.
The greatest concern is that this is more evidence of U.S. attempts to systematically dissemble constraints on its behavior.
He advises women to read elegiac poetry, learn to play games, sleep with people of different ages, flirt, and dissemble.
I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Rousseau, he wrote, "has not had the precaution to throw any veil over his sentiments; and, as he scorns to dissemble his contempt for established opinions, he could not wonder that all the zealots were in arms against him.
Common combinations with dissemble
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to dissemble 2×