Feign
verb
Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury.
She feigned nervousness.
Often appears as...
- feign innocence
- feign ignorance
verb
To invent a story or excuse.
He feigned an excuse to leave early.
Often appears as...
- feign an excuse
- feign an illness
verb
Imitate deceptively.
He can feign the regional accent.
Often appears as...
- feign an accent
- feign a mannerism
verb
Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury.
She feigned nervousness.
Often appears as...
- feign innocence
- feign ignorance
verb
To invent a story or excuse.
He feigned an excuse to leave early.
Often appears as...
- feign an excuse
- feign an illness
verb
Imitate deceptively.
He can feign the regional accent.
Often appears as...
- feign an accent
- feign a mannerism
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Deception
Used to show someone is faking emotions they don't really feel for personal gain or to deceive.
He feigned surprise when told about the 'unexpected' party.
Pro Tip 2/3Sarcasm Detection
Sometimes, 'feign' can indicate sarcasm if used in a context where true feelings are obvious.
Oh look, I'm 'feigning' joy at another Monday morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Device
Often found in literature to show characters hiding their true feelings or intentions.
In the novel, the spy feigned allegiance to the enemy.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Deception
Used to show someone is faking emotions they don't really feel for personal gain or to deceive.
He feigned surprise when told about the 'unexpected' party.
Pro Tip 2/3Sarcasm Detection
Sometimes, 'feign' can indicate sarcasm if used in a context where true feelings are obvious.
Oh look, I'm 'feigning' joy at another Monday morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Device
Often found in literature to show characters hiding their true feelings or intentions.
In the novel, the spy feigned allegiance to the enemy.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Deception
Used to show someone is faking emotions they don't really feel for personal gain or to deceive.
He feigned surprise when told about the 'unexpected' party.
Pro Tip 2/3Sarcasm Detection
Sometimes, 'feign' can indicate sarcasm if used in a context where true feelings are obvious.
Oh look, I'm 'feigning' joy at another Monday morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Device
Often found in literature to show characters hiding their true feelings or intentions.
In the novel, the spy feigned allegiance to the enemy.
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
surprised about this I was surprised though when we watched a mongoose he was almost like he was looking for attention as a little pup was trying to death feign in front of a yellow-billed humble now yellow ball at home was never going to eat among those well I shouldn't say never but the chances are highly unlikely they have a completely
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Video Reveals Surprising...
so it's pointed downwards and you see these little sand lance fish swarming all over the bottom that's the prey that the whales going after but they're not actually buried and so the whales are skimming right along the bottom of the sea but they're not actually digging into it this bottom feigning behavior
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Safari Live - Day 4 PIPE...
of the stuff is all new because you haven't spent much time in the bush I have you in accenture but and I'm gonna put out on camera as well before before the show end so you can see what in the scene she looks like and I said no actually this is an amazing process where it's called death feigning where
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How we talk about sexual...
It meant to let people speak and to make others listen. Divisive Twitter trolls were quick to create even more injustice, commenting on my attacker's ethnicity or class to push their own prejudiced agendas. And some even accused me of feigning the whole thing
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The future of lying -...
I have ever even dreamed of now I can look at all those words that used to for millennia disappear I can look at lies that before were said and then gone remember those a shorter feigning reviews that we were talking about before well when they write a fake
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The myth of Loki and the...
Surely there was a flaw in Frigg’s plan. Taking the form of an old woman, Loki crept to Frigg’s side and feigned confusion. Why were the gods attacking sweet Baldur, whom they all loved so dearly? Frigg told her of the oaths, but the old woman pressed on.
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Unruly Inmates PIPE...
feigning who knows so I grabbed his arm twisted him up took him through the rest of the process shut up go in there you're gonna shout go to sleep shut up do not stand out bang on my window don't bother the other inmates anything to drink please
Video examples
Everything you need to...
rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. To get some time alone together, the scholar and the wife play various tricks that involve feigning madness, staging a biblical flood,
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The surprising reasons...
Some animals even feign death as a sexual ploy. Male nursery spiders offer gifts of silk-wrapped insects in hopes of wooing females. But those females are known to eat love-seeking males.
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Monkey fight! PIPE Cheeky...
the resident troop it's them roof the invaders feign unconcerned but they're keeping an eye on the reinforcements
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
surprised about this I was surprised though when we watched a mongoose he was almost like he was looking for attention as a little pup was trying to death feign in front of a yellow-billed humble now yellow ball at home was never going to eat among those well I shouldn't say never but the chances are highly unlikely they have a completely
Video examples
Video Reveals Surprising...
so it's pointed downwards and you see these little sand lance fish swarming all over the bottom that's the prey that the whales going after but they're not actually buried and so the whales are skimming right along the bottom of the sea but they're not actually digging into it this bottom feigning behavior
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 4 PIPE...
of the stuff is all new because you haven't spent much time in the bush I have you in accenture but and I'm gonna put out on camera as well before before the show end so you can see what in the scene she looks like and I said no actually this is an amazing process where it's called death feigning where
Video examples
How we talk about sexual...
It meant to let people speak and to make others listen. Divisive Twitter trolls were quick to create even more injustice, commenting on my attacker's ethnicity or class to push their own prejudiced agendas. And some even accused me of feigning the whole thing
Video examples
The future of lying -...
I have ever even dreamed of now I can look at all those words that used to for millennia disappear I can look at lies that before were said and then gone remember those a shorter feigning reviews that we were talking about before well when they write a fake
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
Surely there was a flaw in Frigg’s plan. Taking the form of an old woman, Loki crept to Frigg’s side and feigned confusion. Why were the gods attacking sweet Baldur, whom they all loved so dearly? Frigg told her of the oaths, but the old woman pressed on.
Video examples
Unruly Inmates PIPE...
feigning who knows so I grabbed his arm twisted him up took him through the rest of the process shut up go in there you're gonna shout go to sleep shut up do not stand out bang on my window don't bother the other inmates anything to drink please
Video examples
Everything you need to...
rambles on about the flighty wife of a crotchety old carpenter and the scholar she takes as her lover. To get some time alone together, the scholar and the wife play various tricks that involve feigning madness, staging a biblical flood,
Video examples
The surprising reasons...
Some animals even feign death as a sexual ploy. Male nursery spiders offer gifts of silk-wrapped insects in hopes of wooing females. But those females are known to eat love-seeking males.
Video examples
Monkey fight! PIPE Cheeky...
the resident troop it's them roof the invaders feign unconcerned but they're keeping an eye on the reinforcements
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Verite
American Musician
If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself, but I'm ready to do it, whereas I wasn't ready before. Sometimes it's feigned confidence, but if I make a decision, I can do anything.
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Kathleen Troia McFarland
American Businesswoman
The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix things in the real world when they go wrong. They feign ignorance, blame others, and make another eloquent speech.
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Roxane Gay
American Writer
I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise on matters I know nothing about for the purpose of offering someone else my immediate reaction for their consumption.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
Through the feigned fury of divine emotion, the wife of the great one will be badly wronged. Judges, wishing to condemn such a doctrine, the victim will be sacrificed to the ignorant people.
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Hedy Lamarr
Austrian Actress
I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way.
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Jill Soloway
American Comedian
I'm embarrassed that people will know that I can't ride a bicycle. For years, I have been feigning bad ankles and saying I wasn't in the mood for a bike ride.
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Sterling K. Brown
American Actor
Busy is good, you know. Busy is better than bored, and there's more recognition. Like, I try to feign the anonymity which I had before 'O.J.
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Juan Goytisolo
Spanish Poet
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.
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Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
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Jacqueline Fernandez
Actress
I can't stand fake people. I can feel it when someone feigns it.
Quote examples
Verite
American Musician
If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself, but I'm ready to do it, whereas I wasn't ready before. Sometimes it's feigned confidence, but if I make a decision, I can do anything.
Quote examples
Kathleen Troia McFarland
American Businesswoman
The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix things in the real world when they go wrong. They feign ignorance, blame others, and make another eloquent speech.
Quote examples
Roxane Gay
American Writer
I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise on matters I know nothing about for the purpose of offering someone else my immediate reaction for their consumption.
Quote examples
Nostradamus
French Celebrity
Through the feigned fury of divine emotion, the wife of the great one will be badly wronged. Judges, wishing to condemn such a doctrine, the victim will be sacrificed to the ignorant people.
Quote examples
Hedy Lamarr
Austrian Actress
I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way.
Quote examples
Jill Soloway
American Comedian
I'm embarrassed that people will know that I can't ride a bicycle. For years, I have been feigning bad ankles and saying I wasn't in the mood for a bike ride.
Quote examples
Sterling K. Brown
American Actor
Busy is good, you know. Busy is better than bored, and there's more recognition. Like, I try to feign the anonymity which I had before 'O.J.
Quote examples
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish Poet
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent.
Quote examples
Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Fernandez
Actress
I can't stand fake people. I can feel it when someone feigns it.
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