dissimuler — meaning in English
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English meaning
- conceal verb To hide something from sight or keep it secret from others.
- dissemble verb To disguise or conceal something.
- hide verb To put something, or oneself, somewhere out of sight or hard to find.
- shill noun Someone paid to promote or endorse something while pretending to be an impartial customer.
- slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
- sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
Senses
dissimuler is used for these senses in English:
- conceal (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
- cover up (idiomatic) To conceal or disguise.
- dissemble (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
- hide (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
- shill (pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.
- slur To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- slur (printing, dated) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
- sneak (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
dissemble — full definition
- verb To disguise or conceal something.
- verb To feign, dissimulate.
- verb To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- verb To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.