English > feign: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
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| Example | "He feigned that he was ill" |
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| Synonyms | sham, pretend, affect, dissemble |
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| Narrower | mouth | articulate silently |
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| play possum | To pretend / pretend to be dead |
| take a dive | pretend / pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer |
| talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake | Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths |
| Broader | misrepresent, belie | represent falsely |
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| Similar to | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
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| Spanish | afectar, aparentar, fingir, pretender, simular |
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| Catalan | aparençar, aparentar, fingir, simular |
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| Nouns | feigning | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
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