feigning
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈfeɪnɪŋ/
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fingimiento
- Plutarch calls Caesar's grief genuine, while Cassius Dio describes Caesar quote feigning to mourn.
Well, well, saying that, I actually think that the interesting part here is feigning ignorance and fraud.
- Well, well, saying that, I actually think that the interesting part here is feigning ignorance and fraud.
- And so he, it's easy to turn off the feigning and then and then say hi, how you doing?
Examples
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She tried to call from memory the Prayer of Failure, no, of Feigning; she was so confused!
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, well, saying that, I actually think that the interesting part here is feigning ignorance and fraud.
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The poet is a feigner who's so good at his act he even feigns the pain of pain he feels, in fact.
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And you can't be, you can't be shamed into at least feigning a touch of patriotism.
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Although she states that they will now embark on an authentic existence in honest relationships, their identities have been so distorted throughout the course of the text that it is unclear where the feigning stops.
Academic text (2017) -
Iser asserts that the act of feigning has since time immemorial been considered the fundamental characteristic of literature (Akte 129).
Academic text (2004) -
His feigning of illness allowed him to avoid attending the meeting.
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The magician's feigning of a card trick impressed the entire audience.
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She was criticized for her feigning of emotions during the negotiation.
Synonyms
76
7.4
A false show that hides what is really happening
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5.1
A way of showing yourself that hides problems to make others think well of you
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6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
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7.5
An appearance that hides the truth to trick people
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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5.7
An act of copying another person's voice and actions to entertain or trick people
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5.8
A false show of feeling or action meant to trick people
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9.5
A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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4.3
A trick that makes something look like real magic
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6.8
A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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7.5
A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh
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9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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7.9
Pretending to be someone else online to trick people
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4.6
Copying someone's voice, face and actions to entertain or trick people
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9.5
To pretend to be someone else to trick people
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4.1
A way of acting to make others believe something that is not true
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5.7
Pretending to be someone, for example in a play or to get attention
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9.6
Pretending to be someone else or making up a false reason to get private information
To pretend to be another person by copying how they act, usually to trick or entertain
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word feigning comes from the Latin fingere, which means 'to shape' or 'to make'. You can see the same root in fiction and figure, so to feign is to 'shape' a false appearance — in other words, to pretend.