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feign
to pretend to feel or have something
Synonyms
- pretend
- fake
- simulate
feign in a sentence
He feigned interest, though his eyes kept drifting to the window.
During the surprise party, Jordan feigned shock so convincingly that nobody suspected he had helped plan it.
Where it comes from
From Latin fingere 'to shape, mold, invent'
Memory hook
FEIGN sounds like FAKE-N — fake an emotion.
Read it in context
- Writing at the Edges Arts