dissimulate

Meanings

Verb

hide (feelings) from other people
To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.
To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance; to dissemble.
To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice.

Adj

Feigned, simulated, pretended, false.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dissimulaten, dissimilaten, from Latin dissimulātus + -en (“verb-forming suffix”), perfect passive participle of dissimulō (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dissimilis (“unlike”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Compare the obsolete dissimule (“to conceal, disguise”), from Old French dissimuler (French dissimuler), ultimately from the same Latin root. Doublet of dissemble, dissimilate, and dissimule.

Scrabble Score: 14

dissimulate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dissimulate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dissimulate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

dissimulate is a valid Words With Friends word