Feign
From Mereja Words
English
Verb
Feign (third-person singular simple present Feigns, present participle Feigning, simple past and past participle Feigned)
- To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit.
- 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.
- To dissemble; to conceal.
Adverbs for Feign
calculatingly; slyly; cleverly; expressly; treacherously; artfully; skillfully; deftly; fawningly; dissolutely; roguishly; knavishly.
Thesaurus
act, act a part, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, cover up, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, dramatize, fake, four-flush, gammon, histrionize, let on, let on like, make a pretense, make as if, make believe, make like, make out like, overact, play, play a part, play a scene, play possum, playact, pretend, profess, put on, put on airs, sham, simulate, tug the heartstrings, wear
