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Meaning of feign | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To pretend; dissemble.
  2. to pretend to feel. He feigned illness. voorgee, maak, veins, huigel, uitdink, bedink, versin, opdis يَدَّعي، يَتَظاهَر أنَّه يَشْعُر симулирам fingir předstírat heucheln foregive; simulere προσποιούμαι, προφασίζομαιfingir teesklema تظاهر ردن teeskennellä faire semblant לְהַעֲמִיד פָּנִים बहाना करना pretvarati se színlel berpura-pura gera sér upp, láta líta út fyrir fingere, simulare ~のふりをする ...인 체하다 apsimesti izlikties; simulēt pura-pura veinzenlate som om, simulere, hyklesymulować تظاهر كول...
  3. pretended. feigned happiness. geveinsde, nagemaakte تَظاهُري، مُتَصَنَّع неискрен fingido předstíraný geheuchelt simuleret προσποιητόςfingido teeseldud ساختگی teeskennelty simuléמדומה कल्पित, जाली, झूठा hinjen, lažan tettetett pura-pura uppgerður, tilgerðar- finto, simulato 見せかけの 가장한 apsimestinis simulēts berpura-pura geveinsdpåtatt, fingertsymulowany نقلی fingido prefăcut притворный predstieraný hlinjen simuliran låtsad ซึ่งเสแสร้ง sahte, yapmacık 假裝的 удаваний ڈھونگ giả vờ 假装的
  4. To give a false appearance of: feign sleep.
  5. To imitate so as to deceive: feign another's voice.
  6. To fabricate: feigned an excuse.
  7. Archaic To invent or imagine.
    Archaic
  8. to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend: to feign innocence.
  9. (tr) to make up; invent: to feign an excuse.
    tr
  10. (tr) to copy; imitate: to feign someone's laugh.
    tr

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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