dissimulates
Hides true feelings
Dissimulates means conceals or disguises true feelings, intentions, or beliefs behind a false appearance.
Where simulate means to fake something that isn't there, dissimulate means to hide something that is: She dissimulates her ambition behind a mask of indifference.
The word suggests deliberate deception through pretense of ignorance or innocence.
Keeps from being seen
- pretendsActs falsely
- feignsPretends to feel
- masksFace-covering disguises
- disguisesConcealing altered appearances
hides · misrepresents · fakes · falsifies · camouflages · veils · cloaks · obscures
Showing no emotion
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
- hypocriticalFeigning beliefs one lacks
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
duplicitous · scheming · conniving · manipulative · calculating · guileful · sly · cunning
Actively prevents expression
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- bottlesNarrow-necked liquid containers
- stiflesSuppresses or restrains
- smothersSuppresses or suffocates
buries · internalizes · compartmentalizes · denies · deflects · evades · stonewalls · withdraws
conceals
Keeps from being seen
disguises · hides · misrepresents · fakes · falsifies · camouflages · veils · cloaks · obscures · covers
poker-faced
Showing no emotion
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
- hypocriticalFeigning beliefs one lacks
disingenuous · duplicitous · scheming · conniving · manipulative · calculating · guileful · sly · cunning · artful
suppresses
Actively prevents expression
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- bottlesNarrow-necked liquid containers
- stiflesSuppresses or restrains
smothers · buries · internalizes · compartmentalizes · denies · deflects · evades · stonewalls · withdraws · detaches
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