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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | affect, dissemble, pretend, sham |
| Type of | belie, misrepresent |
| Has types | talk through one's hat, bull, bullshit, fake, mouth, play possum, take a dive |
| Verb group | pretend, make, make believe |
| Derivation | feigning |
He feigned that he was ill.
Examples of feign
feign
Simply call in and feign interest, and treadmill and steam room access is yours.
From the guardian.co.uk
If Ms Azerenka did indeed feign her injury, she might feel it was well worth it.
From the economist.com
Fear of being kidnapped for ransom prompted many wealthy Iraqis to feign poverty.
From the time.com
Hamlet welcomes the travelling players and watches the player king feign grief.
From the independent.co.uk
Most people would simply feign a tummy ache if they wanted to leave work early.
From the newsfeed.time.com
There are plenty of coaches who would have got a front row player to feign injury.
From the guardian.co.uk
Skeletons carrying briefcases conspire, laugh, then feign piousness in prayer.
From the sltrib.com
When asked to feign frustration, Hoque says, 90 percent of subjects did not smile.
From the sciencedaily.com
I feign calmness as I hope that at least the dogs'consciences are still clear.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- Make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
- Simulate: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
- Not genuine; "feigned sympathy"
- (feigning) pretense: pretending with intention to deceive
- Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
- To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; To give a mental existence to something that is not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; to pretend; to form and relate as if true; To dissemble; to conceal
- (FEIGNED) issue, pract. An issue brought by consent of the parties, or the direction of a court of equity, or such courts as possess equitable powers, to determine before a jury some disputed matter of fact, which the court has not the power or is unwilling to decide. 3 Bl. Com. 452; Bouv. Inst. ...
- Fingir; simular; inventar; aparentar; disimular
- (v) - to pretend, act, deceive
