feign

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Englisch - Englisch
To dissemble; to conceal

Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.

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

He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.

To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit

The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true. One morning, I didn't want to go to school, and decided to feign illness `Giles phoned this morning,' Mirella said with feigned indifference. = affect. to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc (feindre, from fingere )
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
{v} to pretend, devise, invent, make
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache
make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
{f} fake, pretend; make up, fabricate; imitate
To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness
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 sickness
pretend to be ill, act sick
feigned
Simple past tense and past participle of feign
feigned
Pertaining to a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent
feigned
{a} pretended, devises, dissembled, false
To feign
feine
To feign
feyne
feigned
past of feign
feigned
Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false
feigned
not genuine; "feigned sympathy
feigned
not genuine; "feigned sympathy"
feigned
{s} phony, fake; counterfeit; assumed, fictitious
feigning
pretending with intention to deceive
feigning
{i} pretending, pretence, acting in a false or misleading manner, dissembling
feigning
That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false
feigning
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
feigning
present participle of feign
feigns
third-person singular of feign
Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von feign im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

feign ignorance
renk vermemek
feign
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