feign

feign

 (fān)

v. feigned, feign·ing, feigns

v.tr.

1.

a. To give a false appearance of: feign sleep.

b. To represent falsely; pretend to: feign authorship of a novel.

2. To imitate so as to deceive: feign another's voice.

3. To fabricate: feigned an excuse.

4. Archaic To invent or imagine.

v.intr.

To pretend; dissemble.

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[Middle English feinen, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, to shape, form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

feign

(feɪn)

vb

1. to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend: to feign innocence.

2. (tr) to make up; invent: to feign an excuse.

3. (tr) to copy; imitate: to feign someone's laugh.

[C13: from Old French feindre to pretend, from Latin fingere to form, shape, invent]

ˈfeigner n ˈfeigningly adv

feign

(feɪn)

v.t.

1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.

2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.

3. to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.

v.i.

4. to make believe; pretend: He is only feigning.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin fingere to shape]

feign′er, n.

feign′ing•ly, adv.

syn: See pretend.

feign

Past participle: feigned
Gerund: feigning

Imperative

feign

feign

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	feign - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" dissemble, pretend, sham, affect misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" play possum - to pretend to be dead take a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer bullshit, talk through one's hat, bull, fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
	2.	feign - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" sham, simulate, assume pretend, dissemble, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians" feint - deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

feign

verb pretend, affect, assume, put on, devise, forge, fake, imitate, simulate, sham, act, fabricate, counterfeit, give the appearance of, dissemble, make a show of You can't feign interest in something you loathe.

feign

verb

1. To take on or give a false appearance of:

affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, pretend, put on, sham, simulate.

Idiom: make believe.

2. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:

act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, sham, simulate.

3. To contrive and present as genuine:

counterfeit, fake, pretend, simulate.

Idioms: make believe, put on an act.

4. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely:

pretend, profess.

Translations

feign

[feɪn] VT [+ surprise, indifference] → fingir
to feign madness/sleep/death → fingirse loco/dormido/muerto
to feign not to know → fingir no saber

feign

[ˈfeɪn] vt [+ illness, interest, indifference] → feindre, simuler

feign

vt → vortäuschen; friendship, interest, sympathy, feelings also → heucheln; to feign illness/madness → simulieren, sich krank/verrückt stellen; to feign sleep/death → sich schlafend/tot stellen

feign

[feɪn] vt (liter) → fingere, simulare

feign

(fein) verb

to pretend to feel. He feigned illness. voorgee, maak, veins, huigel, uitdink, bedink, versin, opdis يَدَّعي، يَتَظاهَر أنَّه يَشْعُر симулирам fingir předstírat heucheln foregive; simulere προσποιούμαι ; προφασίζομαιfingir teesklema تظاهر ردن teeskennellä faire semblant (de) לְהַעֲמִיד פָּנִים बहाना करना pretvarati se színlel berpura-pura gera sér upp, láta líta út fyrir fingere ; simulare ～のふりをする ...인 체하다 apsimesti izlikties; simulēt pura-pura veinzenlate som om ; simulere ; hyklesymulować تظاهر كول fingir a simula притворяться predstierať hliniti simulirati låtsa[s], simulera แสร้งทำ numara/yalandan yapmak 假裝 удавати جھوٹا دکھاوا کرنا giả vờ 假装 fingir

feigned adjective

pretended. feigned happiness. geveinsde, nagemaakte تَظاهُري، مُتَصَنَّع неискрен fingido předstíraný geheuchelt simuleret προσποιητόςfingido teeseldud ساختگی teeskennelty simulé מְדוּמֶה कल्पित, जाली, झूठा hinjen, lažan tettetett pura-pura uppgerður, tilgerðar- finto ; simulato 見せかけの 가장한 apsimestinis simulēts berpura-pura geveinsd påtatt; fingertsymulowany نقلی fingido prefăcut притворный predstieraný hlinjen simuliran låtsad ซึ่งเสแสร้ง sahte ; yapmacık 假裝的 удаваний ڈھونگ giả vờ 假装的 fingit