feigned
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)
malingered ??
"The student feigned sickness in order to get out of taking a test."
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" is a regular verb; therefore, its past tense and past participle forms are both "feigned".
he means that death will part them
Feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes