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Meanings of dissembler in English

Portuguese
hipócrita
Catalan
colltort
Spanish
fariseo

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.

        hipócrita
        Usage of dissembler in English
        1
        I was a close and resolute dissembler-inthis one case at least.
        Agnes Grey
        2
        Clever dissembler that he was, he could not prevent an involuntary start.
        The Cruise of the Jasper B.
        3
        He was then in Clarendon's eyes preeminently a dissembler-'thegreatest dissembler living'.
        Characters from the Histories & Memoirs of the Seventeenth Centu...
        4
        Perhaps Stoppard's comparisons with that great dissembler Wilde are more apt than ever.
        The Guardian
        5
        You have not been weak; you have been abused by a devilish dissembler.
        The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
        6
        Tell the vile dissembler, I mean the duke, I await him.
        Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
        7
        It is as dead as it seems, and will prove itself no dissembler.
        Cowper
        8
        Amongst her other feminine qualities she had that of being a perfect dissembler.
        The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
        9
        Well, thought I, I must put on the dissembler a little, I see.
        Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
        10
        I should say not, unless he be an extremely accomplished dissembler.
        Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
        11
        Balboa was something of a dissembler himself on occasion, as you will see.
        South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure
        12
        Either Franz was mistaken, or Haddan was a most skilful dissembler.
        Beverly of Graustark
        13
        Thou hast foresworn thyself, dissembler-orelse my charms have prematurely withered.
        The Works of Frederick Schiller
        14
        Aye, he was a good dissembler, was Cockney-butwe matched him.
        The Blood Ship
        15
        What if this consummate dissembler should cheat both the rival kings?
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
        16
        Sycophanta is such a dissembler, traitor, and backbiter that would earn a grey coat.
        Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
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        Spanish
        fariseo
        Dissembler through the time
        Dissembler across language varieties
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