DISSEMBLE
- to hide under a false appearance.
- to hide true feelings, motives, or the facts [v DISSEMBLED, DISSEMBLING, DISSEMBLES]
- Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs
- Disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention)
- is a formal word that means to conceal facts, feelings, or intentions with deceptive explanations, reasons, etc.