ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfeign
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feign
Meaning: to pretend to feel or have something
feign in a sentence
How feign is used in real sentences:
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.
“During inspections, she would feign respect, lowering her eyes while hiding fresh verses inside a coat seam.”
— from the passage Writing at the Edges
Synonyms for feign
Other words for feign — pretend, fake and simulate — carry the same meaning.
- pretend
- fake
- simulate
Where it comes from
From Latin fingere 'to shape, mold, invent'
Memory hook
FEIGN sounds like FAKE-N — fake an emotion.