feigning

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of feign

Noun

Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.

feign

1. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.

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Synonyms

pretending

pretence

dissembling

pretense

simulation

hypocrisy

dissimulation

hypocritical

insincere

pretentious

sham

acting

playacting

affected

assumption

dramatics

histrionics

insincerity

make-believe

malingering

playing

pretension

Translations

fingimiento

تظاهُر

fingiment

إِخْتِلاق

Heuchelei

ذرِيعة

اِدِّعاء

simulació

pretensió

fingierend

زَعْم

heuchelnd

simulierend

Verstellung

إدِّعاء

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfeɪnɪŋ/