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    feigned
    /feɪnd/

    adjective

    • 1. simulated or pretended; insincere: "her eyes widened with feigned shock"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFEIGNED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Feigned is the past tense and past participle of feign, which means to pretend to have a feeling or problem. Learn how to use feigned in sentences with synonyms, antonyms, and related words.

    • English (US)

      FEIGNED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of feign...

    • Feigning

      FEIGNING definition: 1. present participle of feign 2. to...

    • Feint

      FEINT definition: 1. to pretend to move, or to make a move,...

    • Phoney

      PHONEY definition: 1. not sincere or not real: 2. someone...

    • Assume

      ASSUME definition: 1. to accept something to be true without...

    • Feign

      to pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc. : You...

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFEIGN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Feign means to pretend to have a feeling, problem, etc. or to act as if something is true when it is not. Learn how to use feign in sentences with synonyms, antonyms, and related words.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › feignedFeigned Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Feigned means fictitious or not genuine or real. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of feigned from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › feignFeign Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Feign means to give a false appearance of or to pretend to be something. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and usage of feign and its related words.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › feignFEIGN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend. to feign innocence. tr to make up; invent. to feign an excuse. tr to copy; imitate. to feign someone's laugh.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › feignedFeigned - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Feigned is an adjective that means "not genuine," like your feigned interest in your friends' discussion of celebrity hairstyle trends. The word feigned , pronounce "faynd," comes from the Old French word feign, which means "pretend, imitate, shirk."

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › feignedFEIGNED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Feigned definition: pretended; sham; counterfeit. See examples of FEIGNED used in a sentence.