dissembled

verb

past tense of dissemble
1
as in pretended
to present a false appearance of he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else

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2
as in dissimulated
to take on a false or deceptive appearance children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age

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Recent Examples of dissembled Instead, whole grains and foods are dissembled into molecules which, with the help of artificial colorings, flavorings and gluelike emulsifiers, are heated, pounded, shaped or extruded into any food a manufacturer can dream up. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissembled
  1. pretended
  2. assumed
  3. simulated
Verb
  • One, a 35-year-old man, pretended to be a San Francisco 49ers player or a wealthy real estate investor, the Department of Justice said.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Once upon a time, Republicans understood this, or at least pretended to.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of pretended
Verb
  • The machinery switches on earlier than long assumed, as brain scans of infants reveal.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • For the latter, establish what is known, what is assumed, what still needs to be understood and what requires testing.
    — Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of assumed
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  • Astronomers simulated four Milky Way-sized galaxies without any dark matter clumps, then peppered them with roughly 15,000 stellar streams.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Some were animations, but more than half since March used AI that simulated real people.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of simulated

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“Dissembled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissembled. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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