| VERB | communication | feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
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| creation | feign, simulate, assume, sham | make a pretence of |
| Sounds | fey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| 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 | |
| Example | "He feigned that he was ill" | |
| Synonyms | sham, pretend, affect, dissemble | |
| Narrower | mouth | articulate silently |
| 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 |
| Similar to | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
| Spanish | afectar, aparentar, fingir, pretender, simular | |
| Catalan | aparençar, aparentar, fingir, simular | |
| Nouns | feigning | pretending with intention to deceive / deceive |
| Meaning | make a pretence of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "he feigned sleep" | |
| Synonyms | simulate, assume, sham | |
| Narrower | feint | deceive by a mock action |
| play | pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game / game or playful activity | |
| Broader | dissemble, pretend, act | Behave unnaturally or affectedly |
| Spanish | adoptar, aparentar, fingir, hacerse, simular | |
| Catalan | aparentar, fingir, simular | |
| Nouns | feigning | the act of giving a false / false / false appearance |
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