dissemble
/dɪˈsembl/verb
उच्चारण डिसेम्बल
छिपाना, बहाना बनाना, ढोंग करना
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[I, T] formal
to hide your real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones
छिपाना, बहाना बनाना, ढोंग करना
- She dissembled her anger with a smile.
- The clerk tried to dissemble his fear and spoke to the officer calmly.
- He dissembled his disappointment and clapped politely.
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- Politicians sometimes dissemble to avoid awkward questions.
- She could not dissemble for long; her face showed everything.
- The witness tried to dissemble, but the judge was not fooled.
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Keep apart dissemble (hide true feelings) and disassemble (take apart a machine) and dissimulate (pretend, a synonym).
Dissemble (सच्ची भावनाएँ छिपाना), disassemble (मशीन खोलना) और dissimulate (ढोंग करना, समानार्थी) को अलग रखिए।
Keep the pretend words together: dissemble, feign (pretend to have a feeling), dissimulate, pose, masquerade (pretend to be somebody else).
ढोंग के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dissemble, feign (भावना होने का दिखावा), dissimulate, pose, masquerade (किसी और होने का दिखावा)।
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One-word substitution
A person who pretends to be good is a hypocrite.
अच्छा होने का दिखावा करने वाला hypocrite।