What is another word for feigning?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈe͡ɪnɪŋ], [ fˈeɪnɪŋ], [ f_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]
Synonyms for Feigning:
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adj.
• hypocritical -
n.
• act- attitude ,
- chaser ,
- chasers ,
- dissimilation ,
- feigning ,
- phonies ,
- phony ,
- put-on ,
- shows ,
- shuck and jive ,
- soft soap ,
- stall ,
- stunt ,
- sweet talk .
- Dramatizing ,
- Enacting ,
- Imitating ,
- Simulating ,
- Theatricals ,
- characterization ,
- characterizations ,
- depiction ,
- dramatics ,
- enactment ,
- hamming ,
- histrionics ,
- imitation ,
- improvisation ,
- mime ,
- mimicry ,
- pantomime ,
- pantomimes ,
- play acting ,
- playings ,
- portrayal ,
- portraying ,
- posturing ,
- posturings ,
- putting ,
- rendition ,
- seemings ,
- showing off ,
- stagecraft ,
- stooging ,
- theatre .
- Untruism ,
- canard ,
- cover up ,
- cover-up ,
- coverup ,
- distortion ,
- equivocation ,
- erroneousness ,
- error ,
- fable ,
- fabrication ,
- fallaciousness ,
- fallacy ,
- falseness ,
- fib ,
- fibbery ,
- fiction ,
- figment ,
- half truth ,
- half truths ,
- hogwash ,
- line ,
- mendacity ,
- mis-statement ,
- misstatement ,
- perjury ,
- prevarication ,
- story ,
- tale ,
- tall tale ,
- untruth ,
- untruthfulness ,
- whopper ,
- yarn .
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v.
• feign • imitating Other relevant words:
- be on ,
- bring down the house ,
- burlesque ,
- characterize ,
- do a turn ,
- dramatize ,
- emote ,
- enact ,
- feign ,
- go on ,
- go over ,
- ham ,
- ham it up ,
- impersonate ,
- lay an egg ,
- make debut ,
- mimic ,
- mug ,
- parody ,
- perform ,
- personate ,
- personify ,
- play act ,
- play gig ,
- play part ,
- play role ,
- portray ,
- pretend ,
- put it over ,
- rehearse ,
- represent ,
- say one's piece ,
- star ,
- stooge ,
- take part ,
- tread the boards .
- Adopting ,
- Arrogating ,
- Bluffing ,
- Cloaking ,
- Contriving ,
- Deceiving ,
- Disguising ,
- Dissemblance ,
- Donning ,
- Double dealing ,
- Fabricating ,
- Feigner ,
- Imagining ,
- Impacting ,
- Impressing ,
- Inventing ,
- Involving ,
- Manufacturing ,
- Masquerading ,
- Minting ,
- Pecksniffian ,
- Personating ,
- Presuming ,
- Shaming ,
- Shamming ,
- Swindling ,
- Usurping ,
- accepting ,
- acquiring ,
- act ,
- acting ,
- affect ,
- affectation ,
- affecting ,
- appearance ,
- artifice ,
- assume ,
- assuming ,
- belie ,
- betray ,
- bluff ,
- bulling ,
- bullshitting ,
- bury ,
- cheat ,
- cheating ,
- color ,
- coloring ,
- colouring ,
- computer simulation ,
- conceal ,
- copy ,
- deceit ,
- deceitful ,
- deceive ,
- deception ,
- deceptive ,
- delude ,
- delusion ,
- depict ,
- devising ,
- disguise ,
- dishonest ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulate ,
- dissimulating ,
- dissimulation ,
- dress ,
- embody ,
- example ,
- exemplify ,
- express ,
- facade ,
- face ,
- fake ,
- fakery ,
- faking ,
- false ,
- false front ,
- false pretense ,
- false pretension ,
- false show ,
- falsehood ,
- falsify ,
- falsifying ,
- falsity ,
- fashion ,
- feint ,
- feinting ,
- forging ,
- form ,
- fraud ,
- front ,
- gilt ,
- gloss ,
- guise ,
- handle ,
- hide ,
- hoax ,
- humbug ,
- hypocrisy ,
- hypocritical ,
- illusion ,
- illustrate ,
- image ,
- impersonation ,
- imposture ,
- insincere ,
- lip service ,
- lying ,
- make-believe ,
- manipulate ,
- mannerism ,
- masking ,
- masquerade ,
- mendacious ,
- model ,
- modeling ,
- modelling ,
- mold ,
- moving ,
- not genuine ,
- obsoleting ,
- ostentation ,
- pattern ,
- perfidious ,
- performance ,
- pharisaic ,
- pharisaical ,
- playacting ,
- playing ,
- pose ,
- posing ,
- posture ,
- pretence ,
- pretend to be ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- pretext ,
- prevaricate ,
- professing ,
- put on ,
- reenacting ,
- regarding ,
- representation ,
- representing ,
- sanctimonious ,
- seeming ,
- seizing ,
- semblance ,
- sham ,
- show ,
- simulacrum ,
- simulate ,
- simulation ,
- speciousness ,
- stance ,
- touching ,
- treacherous ,
- two-faced ,
- underhand ,
- unpretending ,
- untrustworthy ,
- varnish ,
- window dressing .
How to use "Feigning" in context?
Feigning is a behavior where one hides their true feelings or intentions from others in order to manipulate them. Often, this behavior is used in order to get what one wants from others. Feigning can be done in a number of ways, including acting in a way that is not true to one's own beliefs or feelings, or lying. Feigning can be used to get someone to do something that they might not have otherwise agreed to, or to make them believe something that is not true.
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