Verb: feign feyn
- Make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill";
- sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
- Make a pretence of
"he feigned sleep";
- simulate, assume, sham
Sounds like: fee, fieign, fane
Derived forms: feigns, feigning, feigned
Type of: act, belie, dissemble, misrepresent, pretend
Encyclopedia: Feign