| 单词 | dissembling |
| 释义 | dissembling (once / 9366 pages) n Dissembling is a tricky way to say "deceiving." If you're good at pretending and lying, you're an expert at dissembling. Dissembling is a fancy word for being tricky, slippery, and deceitful. This word isn't just for people who lie and commit fraud: it specifically has to do with pretending. If you act like you're sorry you ate the last cookie, but you're secretly happy about it, you're dissembling. A good con man needs to be a master of dissembling. Politicians get accused of dissembling all the time because their speeches sound so phony. WORD FAMILYdissembling: dissemblings+/dissemble: dissembled, dissembler, dissembles, dissembling/dissembler: dissemblers USAGE EXAMPLESHis willingness to be guilelessly himself was startling simply because we were accustomed to celebrities dissembling in order to preserve their market-tested likability. Time(Dec 28, 2016) Nice dissembling on the part of Seth Gilliam’s superbly slimy Father Gabriel. The Guardian(Nov 14, 2016) Remember the first thing the lying, conniving, dissembling commander-in-cheek did? Washington Times(Oct 27, 2016) 1n pretending with intention to deceive Syn|Hypo|Hyper feigning, pretence, pretense bluff pretense that your position is stronger than it really is pretext, stalking-horsesomething serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason hypocrisy, lip servicean expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction putoffa pretext for delay or inaction crocodile tearsa hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood 2n the act of deceiving Syn|Hypo|Hyper deceit, deception, dissimulation fakery the act of faking (or the product of faking) indirectiondeceitful action that is not straightforward chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wilethe use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) double-dealing, duplicityacting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another cheat, cheatinga deception for profit to yourself delusion, head game, illusionthe act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulationthe act of giving a false appearance impersonation, imposturepretending to be another person obscurantisma deliberate act intended to make something obscure bluff, four flushthe act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards take-inthe act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-onsomething intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage juggleryartful trickery designed to achieve an end gerrymanderan act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) appearance, showpretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression make-believe, pretendthe enactment of a pretense affectation, affectedness, mannerism, posea deliberate pretense or exaggerated display masquerademaking a false outward show falsification, misrepresentation a willful perversion of facts |
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