Dictionary Entry
feign
feign is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.
- 2transitive verb
To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness.
- 3transitive verb
To dissemble; to conceal.
- 4verb
make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill"
"He shammed a headache"
- 5verb
make a pretence of
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"
"he feigned sleep"
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