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Definitions for Feign

[1] to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
[2] to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
[3] to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.
[4] to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
[5] to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend to feign innocence
[6] (tr) to make up; invent to feign an excuse
[7] (tr) to copy; imitate to feign someone's laugh

Words related to Feign

play, dissimulate, bluff, assume, invent, fake, stonewall, fabricate, devise, imagine, dissemble, simulate, act, forge, affect, imitate, counterfeit, sham, four-flush

Words nearby Feign

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Origin of Feign

1250–1300; Middle English fei(g)nen < Old French feign-, present stem of feindre < Latin fingere to shape, invent, feign

Words that may be confused with Feign

fain, faint, feign, feint

Other words from Feign

feign·er , noun
feign·ing·ly , adverb
un·feign·ing , adjective
un·feign·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Feign

C13: from Old French feindre to pretend, from Latin fingere to form, shape, invent

Synonyms for Feign

act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, fabricate, fake, forge, imagine, imitate, invent, play, sham, simulate, stonewall, do a bit, four-flush, give appearance of, make show of, phony up, play possum, put on, put on act, put up a front