All 3 Uses of
dissemble
in
Gone with the Wind
- Sometimes Scarlett found it hard to dissemble her feelings, for she still thought Aunt Pitty the silliest of old ladies and her vagueness and vaporings irritated her unendurably.
Chpt 2.8dissemble = hide or disguise the truth of
- She had lived too long among people who dissembled politely not to feel disturbed at hearing her own thoughts put into words.†
Chpt 2.13 *
- She still hated the Yankees with as fierce a hate as on the day when they tried to burn Tara, but she could dissemble that hate.
Chpt 4.38dissemble = hide or disguise the truth of
Definition:
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(dissemble) hide or disguise the truth without outright lying