feign

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verb

1. make believe with the intent to deceive (Freq. 1)
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
• Syn:
sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
• Derivationally related forms:
dissembler (for: dissemble), dissembling (for: dissemble), pretender (for: pretend), pretense (for: pretend), pretending (for: pretend), sham (for: sham), shammer (for: sham), feigning
• Hypernyms:
misrepresent, belie
• Hyponyms:
play possum, take a dive, talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull,
fake, mouth
• Verb Group:
make, pretend, make believe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
2. make a pretence of
- She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
- he feigned sleep
• Syn:
simulate, assume, sham
• Derivationally related forms:
feigning, sham (for: sham), shammer (for: sham), simulation (for: simulate)
• Hypernyms:
dissemble, pretend, act
• Hyponyms:
play, feint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  simulate, assume, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble