FEIGN
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill", "He shammed a headache"
synonyms : affect , dissemble , pretend , shamCarla pretended that she had embroidered the beautiful handkerchief. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) make a pretence of
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger", "he feigned sleep"
synonyms : assume , sham , simulate
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Mnemonics for feign
(Tag: ) feign(sounds with foreign)foreign ppl always try to decieve our country
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(Tag: ) fena hin lena. this advertisement trying to mislead others
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(Tag: ) relate feign to fine. wen ur frnd asks "wht is the thing tht is worrying u?". and wen u say FINE(then ur pretending)....
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(Tag: ) cut it as (f+reign) i.e s.o doing fake reign he is pretending to be ruler
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(Tag: ) feign -or- f-or-eign? Pretending or really a foreigner?
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(Tag: ) sounds like fane, when pronounced, rhymes with fake, so one who pretends
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(Tag: You cannot feing in a VISA inerview to a foreign country.)
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(Tag: ) fe =fee + ign=gin, he pretened that he has bought gin from the fee money
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(Tag: ) Just understand the following sentence: We must break the REIGN, of politicians who FEIGN, who think they are DEIGN.
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