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Feign Common

Feign has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make believe with the intent to deceive

"He feigned that he was ill"

"He shammed a headache"

2

make a pretence of

"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"

"he feigned sleep"

3

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

Example Sentences
"He feigned that he was ill" verb
"He shammed a headache" verb
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger" verb
"he feigned sleep" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
misrepresent dissemble
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
play possum take a dive talk through one's hat mouth play feint
Rhyming Words
ign lign sign align gsign coign reign teign deign ensign benign unsign indign obsign sdeign v sign design resign eloign assign
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