feigned

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪnd/

Adjective

feigned (not comparable)

1. Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.

   1841 "I have passed my word," said Jowl with feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?" — Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapter 9.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fake

Translations

being a pretence, false

• Danish: forstilt, foregiven, påtaget
• Esperanto: afekta, afektita
• Greek:

  Ancient: πλαστός (plastós)

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• Latin: fictus
• Maori: whakakiko, whakakikokiko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: påtatt, uekte, falsk (no)

Verb

feigned

1. simple past and past participle of feign

Anagrams

• feeding