feign
feign/fān/
verb
pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).
"she feigned nervousness"
synonyms: 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
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feign implies more artful invention than pretend, less specific mimicry than simulate. feigned sickness.
to pretend to have a feeling or condition: He feigned sickness so he wouldn't have to go to school.
verb (used with object). to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness. ... to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.
/feɪn/ · verb. make believe with the intent to deceive. “He feigned that he was ill”. synonyms: affect, dissemble, pretend, sham · make, make believe, pretend.
feign in British English · 1. to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend. to feign innocence · 2. (transitive). to make up; invent. to feign an excuse.
Synonyms for FEIGN: pretend, simulate, assume, act, affect, profess, pass (for), dissemble, bluff, fake.
to pretend to feel or be affected by (something). He would often feign [=fake] illness to get out of class. He feigned being ill.
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noun. the act of pretending or putting on a show in order to deceive: The feigning of hurt feelings is just a manipulative ploy she uses.
feign something | feign to do something to pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill, tired, etc. He survived the massacre by feigning ...
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3 days ago · FEIGNING meaning: 1. present participle of feign 2. to pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc. : . Learn more.