feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive; “He feigned that he was ill”; “He shammed a headache”
dissemble, pretend, act
(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly; “She’s just acting”
dissemble, cloak, mask
(verb) hide under a false appearance; “He masked his disappointment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dissemble (third-person singular simple present dissembles, present participle dissembling, simple past and past participle dissembled)
(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
(transitive) To feign.
(transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
(intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
Not to be confused with disassemble (take apart).
• (to pretend not to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also ignore
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*sem"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling.] Etym: [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.]
1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask. Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak. Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But -- why did you kick me down stairs J. P. Kemble.
2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.
Syn.
– To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.
Dis*sem"ble, v. i.
Definition: To conceal the real fact, motives, He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24. He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
