Define Feign:

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feign

/fān/

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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.

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feign is sometimes confused with fain

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