What is another word for feigning?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈe͡ɪnɪŋ], [ fˈeɪnɪŋ], [ f_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for feigning:
- Pecksniffian (adjective)
- hypocritical (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- act (noun)
- acting (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- feigning (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pretense (noun)
- act (verb)
- feign (verb)
- imitating (verb)
- other synonyms
- joking
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Feigning:
adj.
• Pecksniffian (adjective) • hypocritical (adjective)- captious,
- double-dealing,
- false,
- faithless,
- smooth-tongued,
- unnatural,
- deceptive,
- affected,
- smooth,
- sanctimonious,
- double,
- pious,
- hollow,
- Deluding,
- oily,
- fishy,
- self-righteous,
- lying,
- specious,
- unreliable,
- unctuous,
- glib,
- two-faced,
- left-handed,
- bland,
- caviling,
- artificial,
- insincere,
- spurious,
- fraudulent,
- duplicitous,
- Canting.
n.
• act (noun)- stall,
- fake,
- feigning,
- simulation,
- put-on,
- sweet talk,
- performance,
- shuck and jive,
- posture,
- phony,
- pose,
- stunt,
- chaser,
- sham,
- phonies,
- affectation,
- show,
- front,
- shows,
- attitude,
- dissimilation,
- chasers,
- soft soap,
- false front,
- stance.
- enactment,
- hamming,
- depiction,
- impersonation,
- mime,
- posturings,
- imitation,
- Imitating,
- Enacting,
- pantomimes,
- Simulating,
- dramatics,
- play acting,
- theatre,
- improvisation,
- portraying,
- playing,
- pantomime,
- playings,
- stagecraft,
- seemings,
- characterization,
- Dramatizing,
- rendition,
- Theatricals,
- assuming,
- stooging,
- histrionics,
- characterizations,
- posing,
- showing off,
- mimicry,
- portrayal,
- putting,
- seeming,
- posturing.
- error,
- hogwash,
- canard,
- half truth,
- distortion,
- erroneousness,
- mendacity,
- untruthfulness,
- half truths,
- falsity,
- fable,
- cover-up,
- tall tale,
- story,
- Untruism,
- cover up,
- perjury,
- whopper,
- fakery,
- fraud,
- misstatement,
- fallaciousness,
- falseness,
- fiction,
- untruth,
- prevarication,
- figment,
- line,
- yarn,
- equivocation,
- fibbery,
- fallacy,
- tale,
- fib,
- coverup,
- fabrication,
- mis-statement.
v.
• act (verb)- emote,
- enact,
- characterize,
- go over,
- impersonate,
- put it over,
- go on,
- bring down the house,
- ham it up,
- play act,
- do a turn,
- dramatize,
- say one's piece,
- stooge,
- ham,
- personate,
- parody,
- mug,
- lay an egg,
- star,
- tread the boards,
- burlesque,
- take part,
- rehearse,
- make debut,
- be on,
- play part,
- feign,
- play gig,
- personify,
- play role,
- mimic,
- perform,
- pretend,
- represent,
- portray.
Other synonyms:
• joking • Other relevant words (noun):- colouring,
- express,
- facade,
- deceive,
- simulacrum,
- bury,
- deceitful,
- pretension,
- bluff,
- mold,
- color,
- feint,
- seizing,
- appearance,
- model,
- Deceiving,
- form,
- masquerade,
- speciousness,
- underhand,
- Pecksniffian,
- exemplify,
- guise,
- pretext,
- delusion,
- Dissemblance,
- make-believe,
- Arrogating,
- hypocrisy,
- cheating,
- Masquerading,
- falsify,
- humbug,
- window dressing,
- faking,
- fashion,
- Presuming,
- Personating,
- Feigner,
- Fabricating,
- untrustworthy,
- moving,
- modeling,
- touching,
- imposture,
- illustrate,
- acquiring,
- devising,
- hide,
- Minting,
- unpretending,
- Disguising,
- Impressing,
- gilt,
- representing,
- face,
- manipulate,
- Involving,
- illusion,
- semblance,
- hoax,
- forging,
- betray,
- artifice,
- mendacious,
- Imagining,
- masking,
- dishonest,
- conceal,
- varnish,
- Manufacturing,
- embody,
- disguise,
- Bluffing,
- delude,
- Shamming,
- regarding,
- pretend to be,
- Adopting,
- prevaricate,
- example,
- copy,
- coloring,
- handle,
- Inventing,
- image,
- accepting,
- bulling,
- false pretense,
- Impacting,
- depict,
- false pretension,
- Contriving,
- obsoleting,
- professing,
- falsifying,
- mannerism,
- Donning,
- reenacting,
- perfidious,
- Shaming,
- pattern,
- Swindling,
- ostentation,
- not genuine,
- bullshitting,
- gloss,
- modelling,
- dress,
- computer simulation,
- false show,
- representation,
- belie,
- cheat,
- playacting,
- Usurping,
- treacherous,
- affecting,
- dissimulating,
- feinting,
- lip service,
- Cloaking.
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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