it means faked, like " I feigned puking to get out of algebra 2 in 4th period."
Mario feigned surprise when I walked into the party even though he knew I'd be there.
He feigned ignorance. Meaning, he pretended not to know.
The child feigned illness because he did not want to go to school. (This was answered first by Bev C - but a number came up)
"The student feigned sickness in order to get out of taking a test."
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The student feigned sickness in order to get out of taking a test."
The definition od the word "feigned" is "To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual". Synonyms are "affect, assume, dissemble, pretend, sham, simulate".
Actually, the character who feigned religiosity was Tartuffe in the play "Tartuffe" by Molière. Dorine is a clever maid who sees through Tartuffe's deception and tries to expose him.
"Feign" means "to pretend" or "represent fictitiously." Considering it's both a transitive and intransitive verb, it can be used in a couple different ways in a sentence. You could say, "She feigned illness to skip school" or "She's feigning; she isn't really ill." In the first example, "feigned" is transitive, meaning the verb has an object--it's directing its action to or for someone or something. Ask yourself, "Whom or what did she feign?" The answer is "illness." In the second example, "feigning" is intransitive--it does not have an object. To sum up, you can use "feign" in a couple different ways. Go to www.dictionary.com and search "feign" for more.
he means that death will part them
Feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes