feigning

Meaning of feigning

verb
  1. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
    The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
  2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
    He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
  3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
  4. To hide or conceal.
    Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.

noun

Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.

Information about feigning

  • The plural form of feigning is: feignings.
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Hyphenation of feigning

feign-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • feigning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

feigning synonyms

Meaning pretense:

pretense, pretence, dissembling, pretending, simulation

Meaning :

front

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