A person who pretends to be sick or exaggerates illnesses or pains.
He was no Malingerer. Being malingerer was not his nature.
The supervisor suspected that the employee was a malingerer, always finding ways to avoid work and exaggerating minor ailments to take time off.
The malingerer called in to work sick, although all he had was a light cough.
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malingerer- a person who pretends to be ill so as to avoid work
A person who believes they are sick or even creates illnesses, is often called a hypochondriac.
The word is to malinger. A person who feigns illness or false symptoms is called a malingerer.
Faking illness to avoid work is called malingering. It comes from the French word, malingre which means sickly. Someone who does this is called a malingerer.
A malingerer is someone who pretends to be ill for their own personal gain. This could be for, obtaining certain drugs, evading work or to help them claim for insurance, compensation or benefits.
The noun form for the verb malign is malinger*, one who maligns. Other noun forms are malice or malignancy.*not to be confused with the verb malinger, to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness to avoid duties or responsibilities; noun form malingerer, one who malingers.