Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> play possum
=> take a dive
=> bullshit, bull, fake
=> mouth
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> play
=> feint
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> play possum
=> take a dive
=> bullshit, bull, fake
=> mouth
=> lip-synch, lip-sync
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> play
=> feint
Entailment of verb feign
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb feign
2 senses of feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> misrepresent, belie
Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
Familiarity of verb feign
feign used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb feign
Sense 1
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
=> misrepresent, belie
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Sense 2
simulate, assume, sham, feign
=> dissemble, pretend, act
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Grep of noun feign
feigning
Overview of verb feign
The verb feign has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")
2. simulate, assume, sham, feign -- (make a pretence of "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep")
Grep of adj feign
feigned
Overview of verb feign
The verb feign has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")
2. simulate, assume, sham, feign -- (make a pretence of "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep")
feign definition
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