malinger

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

simulation

skulk

malingering

shirk

slanderer

soldier

sycophant

mud slinger

traducer

swing the lead

calumniator

feign illness

cheat

goldbrick

Translations

simulieren

simular

تمارض

προσποιούμαι τον άρρωστο

συκοφάντης

ψευτοάρρωστος

simulation

simulare

simuleren

hasta pozu yapmak

κακόβουλος

κάνω τον άρρωστο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈlɪŋɡə/

Etymology

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