feigning

Speech parts

1. feigning - Noun

2. feigning - Adjective

3. feigning - Verb

Meaning

of Feign

That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

simulation pretending pretense pretence dissembling bluff show act front playing make-believe appearance acting affect assume
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Antonyms

accuracy authenticity correctness chastity austerity directness
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Hypernyms

deception deceit misrepresentation dissembling dissimulation

Hyponyms

bluff show mannerism make-believe appearance pose

Phrases with the word

feigning ignorance of without feigning

Examples

Americans are becoming increasingly polarized right and left, with the great body of the people in the middle confused and, sometimes to mask their confusion, feigning indifference. Eldridge Cleaver

People are shuffling by in long coats, with shopping bags and takeout, smoking cigarettes and feigning laughter - filling up their lives with distractions to shut out the chaos. Rob Payne

Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto. Laurell K. Hamilton

The feigning sleeper can delude others - he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself. Anthony de Mello

[S]o far as sick pay is concerned, I do not see how the State is to be responsible for the payment of...sick pay, how the State is to be able to exercise that efficient control over what is known as malingering, feigning sickness, though the friendly societies are able to do so. John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

his conformity was only pretending Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

feigner feignful Feignies feigning ignorance of feigningly feijoa