Monday, January 25, 2021

Define Feign:

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Dictionary

feign
/fān/
verb
  1. pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).
    "she feigned nervousness"
    Similar:
    simulate
    fake
    sham
    affect
    give the appearance of
    make a show of
    make a pretense of
    play at
    go through the motions of
    put on
    pretend
    put it on
    bluff
    pose
    posture
    masquerade
    make believe
    act
    playact
    go through the motions
    put on a false display
    malinger
    kid
    mess
    pretended
    simulated
    assumed
    affected
    artificial
    insincere
    put-on
    faked
    false
    apparent
    ostensible
    seeming
    surface
    avowed
    professed
    pseudo
    phoney
    fakey
    cod
    Opposite:
    sincere
    • ARCHAIC
      invent (a story or excuse).
    • ARCHAIC
      indulge in pretense.
Tip
Similar-sounding words
feign is sometimes confused with fain
Definitions from Oxford Languages

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