malinger

(Anglès)

1. (ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
2. (ambitransitive) To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/məˈlɪŋɡə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).

Sinònims

simulation

skulk

malingering

shirk

slanderer

soldier

sycophant

mud slinger

traducer

swing the lead

calumniator

feign illness

cheat

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