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Dissembling is a related term of deceitful.


As a noun dissembling

is the action of the verb dissemble .

As a verb dissembling

is .

As an adjective deceitful is

deliberately misleading or cheating.

dissembling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of the verb dissemble
  • * 2005 , C. L. Corey, Our Own Felicity: We Make Or Find (page 82)
    • The lies and dissemblings about this period are beyond most people's imaginations.

    Verb

    dissembles

    • deceitful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also