malingerer

ma·lin·ger

 (mə-lĭng′gər)
intr.v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.

[From French malingre, sickly.]

ma·lin′ger·er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.malingerer - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacitymalingerer - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
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Translations
مُتَمارِض
-kasimulant
pjækker
Drückeberger
lógósszimuláns
skrópari
finto malatosimulatore
person som er skulkesyk
simulant
hastalık taslayan
装病者

malingerer

[məˈlɪŋgərəʳ] Nenfermo/a m/f fingido/a
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

malingerer

[məˈlɪŋgər] nfaux malade (fausse)m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

malingerer

nSimulant(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

malingerer

[məˈlɪŋgərəʳ] nuno/a che si finge malato/a (per non lavorare), scansafatiche m/f inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

malinger

(məˈliŋgə) verb
to pretend to be unwell eg in order to avoid work. He says he's ill, but I think he's just malingering.
maˈlingerer noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

ma·lin·ger·er

n. simulador-a, persona que finge o exagera los síntomas de una enfermedad.
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