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feign
Overview of verb feign
The verb feign has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")
2. simulate, assume, sham, feign -- (make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep")
Grep of noun feign
feigning
Antonyms of verb feign
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> misrepresent, belie
=> represent
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> play possum
=> take a dive
=> bullshit, bull, fake
=> mouth
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> play
=> feint
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> misrepresent, belie
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
'Cause To' of verb feign
Derived Forms of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
RELATED TO>(noun) feigning#1
=> pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
RELATED TO>(noun) feigning#2
=> pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
Domain of verb feign
Domain Terms of verb feign
Familiarity of verb feign
feign used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
> misrepresent, belie
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> falsify, distort, garble, warp
=> feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
> dissemble, pretend, act
=> simulate, assume, sham, feign
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> misrepresent, belie
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Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
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Grep of verb feign
feign
Grep of adj feign
feigned
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