Definition of feigns Feigns
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What does feigns mean?
Part of speech
🔤- feigns, verb, present, 3rd person singular of feign (infinitive).
WordNet
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| feign - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" | ||
| sham, pretend, affect, dissemble | ||
| belie, misrepresent represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" | ||
| play possum to pretend to be dead | ||
| take a dive pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer | ||
| bullshit, talk through one's hat, fake, bull speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" | ||
| mouth articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word" | ||
| feign - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" | ||
| simulate, assume, sham | ||
| dissemble, pretend, act behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| feint deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- feign (Verb)
To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit. - feign (Verb)
To give a mental existence to something that is not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; to pretend; to form and relate as if true. - feign (Verb)
To dissemble; to conceal.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- feign (v. t.)
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. - feign (v. t.)
To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. - feign (v. t.)
To dissemble; to conceal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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feign
To act as if something is true. -
feign
To make an appearance of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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feign
fān, v.t. to invent: to imagine: to make a show or pretence of, to counterfeit, simulate.—adj. Feigned, pretended: simulating.—adv. Feign′edly.—ns. Feign′edness; Feign′ing. [Fr. feindre, pr.p. feignant, to feign.—L. fingĕre, fictum, to form.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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feign
Of another country or society; a word used adjectively, being joined with divers substantives in several senses.
Part of speech
🔤- feign, verb, present, 1st person singular of feign (infinitive).
- feign, verb (infinitive).
