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- Dictionaryfeigned/feɪnd/
adjective
- 1. simulated or pretended; insincere: "her eyes widened with feigned shock"
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to pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc. : You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are. The prosecution claimed that the defendant had feigned the injury. She responded to his remarks with feigned amusement. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to act as if something is true when it is not.
1. : fictitious. Was his account actual or feigned? 2. : not genuine or real. showered him with feigned compliments. Synonyms. affected. artificial. assumed. bogus. contrived. factitious. fake. false. forced. mechanical. mock. phony. phoney. plastic. pretended. pseudo. put-on. sham. simulated. spurious. strained.
to pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc. : You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are. The prosecution claimed that the defendant had feigned the injury. She responded to his remarks with feigned amusement. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to act as if something is true when it is not.
to pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc. : You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are. The prosecution claimed that the defendant had feigned the injury. She responded to his remarks with feigned amusement. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to act as if something is true when it is not.
1. a. : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression. feign death. b. : to assert as if true : pretend. He feigned that he was not feeling well so that he could leave the party early. 2. archaic. : invent, imagine. b. : to give fictional representation to. 3. obsolete : disguise, conceal. intransitive verb. : pretend, dissemble.
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."
Definitions of feign. verb. make believe with the intent to deceive. “He feigned that he was ill” synonyms: affect, dissemble, pretend, sham. make, make believe, pretend. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like. see more see less. verb. make a pretence of. “he feigned sleep” synonyms: assume, sham, simulate.
Define feigned. feigned synonyms, feigned pronunciation, feigned translation, English dictionary definition of feigned. adj. 1. Not real; pretended: a feigned modesty. 2. Made-up; fictitious. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
noun. Word origin. [1325–75; ME; see feign, -ed 2] feigned in British English. (feɪnd ) adjective. (of a gesture, statement, or emotion) not real. 'Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference.
(formal) Verb Forms. 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 death. ‘Who cares?’ said Alex, feigning indifference. ‘A present for me?’ she asked with feigned surprise. She feigned sleep to avoid having to answer.
