MEANING
To hide one’s actual feelings or intentions behind a different outward appearance.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- dissimulate anger
- dissimulate one’s intentions
On the page
He dissimulated his anger until the guests had left.
She found it harder to dissimulate when kindness, rather than threats, was offered.
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Word forms
- Base
- dissimulate
- Past tense
- dissimulated
- Past participle
- dissimulated
- Present participle
- dissimulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- dissimulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are dissimulating
- Present perfect
- have/has dissimulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been dissimulating
- Past
- dissimulated
- Past continuous
- was/were dissimulating
- Past perfect
- had dissimulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been dissimulating
- Future
- will dissimulate
- Future continuous
- will be dissimulating
- Future perfect
- will have dissimulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been dissimulating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: dissimulate; dissimulates; dissimulated; dissimulated; dissimulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: dissimulates.
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