WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
feign /feɪn/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to pretend;
    put on an appearance of:to feign sickness.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
feign  (fān),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to represent fictitiously;
    put on an appearance of:to feign sickness.
  2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
  3. to imitate deceptively:to feign another's voice.

v.i. 
  1. to make believe;
    pretend:She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
  • Latin fingere to shape, invent, feign
  • Old French feign-, present stem of feindre
  • Middle English fei(g)nen 1250–1300
feigner, n. 
feigning•ly, adv. 
    4. See pretend. 

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