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1. (v.t.) feign
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
to feign sickness.
2. feign
to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. feign
to imitate deceptively:
to feign another's voice.
4. (v.i.) feign
to make believe; pretend:
He is only feigning.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF < L fingere to shape)
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1. (verb) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
2. (verb) simulate, assume, sham, feign
make a pretence of
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) feign
to give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true
2. (verb) feign
to represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness
3. (verb) feign
to dissemble; to conceal
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Sense: to pretend to feel
He feigned illness.
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 Afrikaans: voorgee, maak, veins, hui |
 Arabic: يَدَّعي، يَتَظاهَر أنَّه |
 Bulgarian: симулирам |
 Brazilian: fingir |
 Czech: předstírat |
 German: heucheln |
 Danish: foregive; simulere |
 Greek: προσποιούμαι, προφασίζομα |
 Spanish: fingir |
 Estonian: teesklema |
 Farsi: تظاهر ردن |
 Finnish: teeskennellä |
 French: faire semblant (de) |
 Hebrew: לְהַעֲמִיד פָּנִים |
 Hindi: बहाना करना |
 Croatian: pretvarati se |
 Hungarian: színlel |
 Indonesian: berpura-pura |
 Icelandic: gera sér upp, láta líta ú |
 Italian: fingere, simulare |
 Japanese: ～のふりをする |
 Korean: ...인 체하다 |
 Lithuanian: apsimesti |
 Latvian: izlikties; simulēt |
 Malay: pura-pura |
 Dutch: veinzen |
 Norwegian: late som om, simulere, hy |
 Polish: symulować |
 Persian: تظاهر کردن |
 Pashto: تظاهر كول |
 Portuguese: fingir |
 Romanian: a simula |
 Russian: притворяться |
 Slovak: predstierať |
 Slovenian: hliniti |
 Serbian: simulirati |
 Swedish: låtsa[s], simulera |
 Thai: แสร้งทำ |
 Turkish: numara/yalandan yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 假裝 |
 Ukrainian: удавати |
 Urdu: جھوٹا دکھاوا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: giả vờ |
 Chinese: 假装 |
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