feign
Meaning of feign
verb
- To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
- To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
- To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
- To hide or conceal.
Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.
Information about feign
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of feign is: feigns.
- Languages in which feign is used:
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Hyphenation of feign
feign
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- feign is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
feign synonyms
Meaning sham:
sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
Meaning simulate:
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Translation of feign
- Italian: fingere, simulare, apparire
- Spanish: fingir, pretender, simular, aparentar, disimular
- Portuguese: fingir
- German: vorgeben
Words that rhyme with feign
deign, endeign, sdeign, misfeign, refeign, antiforeign, coreign, cosovereign, demisovereign, dereign, foreign, interreign, nonforeign, nonsovereign, outreign, proforeign, reign, rereign, semiforeign, sovereign, subsovereign, supersovereign, undersovereign, unforeign, unsovereign
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