dissemble

Verb

make believe with the intent to deceive
hide under a false appearance
behave unnaturally or affectedly
To disguise or conceal something.
To feign, dissimulate.
To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dissemblen, dissimblen, dissemelen, borrowed from Old French dessambler, dissembler, disembler, itself borrowed from Latin dissimulō and modified after sembler, semblance, etc. Doublet of dissimulate, dissimilate, and dissimule.

Synonyms

act, affect, cloak, feign, mask, pretend, sham, brush off, disregard, dissemble, ignore, misheed, misregard, neglect, pass, pass by, pay no heed, put aside, shrug off, slough, take no notice of, tune out, unheed, unmind

Scrabble Score: 14

dissemble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dissemble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dissemble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

dissemble: valid Words With Friends Word