VERB | communication | dissemble, feign, sham, pretend, affect | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
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perception | dissemble, cloak, mask | hide under a false / false appearance | |
creation | dissemble, pretend, act | behave unnaturally or affectedly |
Sounds | dihseh'mbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Synonyms | feign, sham, pretend, affect | |
Narrower | mouth | articulate silently |
play possum | To pretend / pretend to be dead | |
take a dive | pretend / pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer | |
talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake | Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | |
Broader | misrepresent, belie | represent falsely |
Similar to | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
Spanish | afectar, aparentar, fingir, pretender, simular | |
Catalan | aparençar, aparentar, fingir, simular | |
Nouns | dissembler | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
dissembling | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
Meaning | hide under a false / false appearance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | cloak, mask | |
Broader | disguise, mask | make unrecognizable |
Spanish | enmascarar | |
Catalan | emmascarar |
Meaning | Behave unnaturally or affectedly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | pretend, act | |
Narrower | simulate, assume, sham, feign | make a pretence of |
Similar to | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | actuar, dissimular, fingir | |
Catalan | actuar, dissimular |
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