feign
31feign — feɪn v. fake, pretend; make up, fabricate; imitate …
32feign — v. a. 1. Invent, imagine, devise, fabricate, forge. 2. Counterfeit, simulate, affect, assume, pretend to, put on, make a show of …
33feign — verb (T) formal to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc: Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. | Mattie watched him approach with feigned indifference …
34feign — verb 1) she lay still and feigned sleep Syn: simulate, fake, sham, affect, give the appearance of, make a pretense of 2) he s not really ill, he s only feigning Syn: pretend, put it on, fake, sham, bluff …
35feign — v 1. affect, simulate, fake, sham, give the appearance of; adopt, assume, take on, put on, pretend to be [s.t.] one is not; impersonate, personate, pose as, pretend to be [s.o.], pass oneself off as, sail under false colors, (all deceptively)… …
36feign — [feɪn] verb [T] formal to pretend to have a particular feeling …
37feign — See pretend; also ho o , faint, friendship, indifference …
38feign sickness — pretend to be ill, act sick …
39Larry Feign — (born December 5,1955), an American born cartoonist, is best known for his comic strip The World of Lily Wong. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont graduating with a B.A. in 1979. His… …
40un|feign|ed|ly — «uhn FAY nihd lee», adverb. really; sincerely; truly: »He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe in His holy Gospel (Book of Common Prayer) …
