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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

  1. verb To disguise or conceal something.
  2. verb To feign, dissimulate.
  3. verb To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
  4. verb To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

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