dissimulate
verb /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/
/dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissimulate | /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/ /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it dissimulates | /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪts/ /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪts/ |
| past simple dissimulated | /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle dissimulated | /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form dissimulating | /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ /dɪˈsɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- dissimulate (something) to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones synonym dissembleWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin dissimulat- ‘hidden, concealed’, from the verb dissimulare.