Definitions for feigned

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Spelling: [feynd]
IPA: /feɪnd/

Feigned is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in feigned (deefgin).

Definitions for feigned

adjective

  1. pretended; sham; counterfeit:
  2. assumed; fictitious:
  3. disguised:

verb (used with object)

  1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
  2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
  3. to imitate deceptively:

verb (used without object)

  1. to make believe; pretend:

Origin of feigned

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at feign, -ed2

Examples for feigned

So surely as she came into the room, however, Martin feigned to fall asleep.

When Barbara Walters shut him down, he feigned hurt feelings and curled up on Rosie O'Donnell's lap.

In order to prevent running, I feigned illness, too, and went to another.

In the new world order where every diner is a critic, there is a lot of feigned expertise.

James Osborne, the youthful cashier, feigned complete paralysis.

What serves as a point of departure in Prague is the defining obsession of The Tragedy of Arthur: what is real, what feigned?

There was nothing forced nor feigned in these testimonials of loyalty to George the Second.

I asked, in feigned surprise, for I could not resist tormenting her a little.

He feigned nonchalance; just a couple neighborhood kids messing around, he said, nothing to worry about.

She says she was released when she feigned acceptance of their dogma.

Word Value for feigned
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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