Feigned

Word FEIGNED
Character 7
Hyphenation feigned
Pronunciations /ˈfeɪnd/

Definitions and meanings of "Feigned"

What do we mean by feigned?

Not real; pretended. adjective

Made-up; fictitious. adjective

Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. adjective

An issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. adjective

Pertaining to a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of feign. verb

Not genuine adjective

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

To imagine; to invent; to pretend.

To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.

To hide or conceal.

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The word "feigned" in example sentences

Boehner, speaking today on Fox News, said he brushed off Biden's outburst, which he described as "feigned moral outrage" from the vice president. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The first general in feigned outrage tells the Fuhrer that they should exterminate one hundred thousand Jews. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He shook his head, and twinkled his eyes in feigned amusement, and marveled to himself that her intuition should have so squarely hit the mark. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I cringed, but covered it by stroking my nose in feigned indifference. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Nur al-Din feigned to forget he was there and, drinking off the cup, threw himself on the ground as if the drink had overcome him; whereupon Anis al-Jalis glanced at him and said, O Shaykh ❋ Unknown (2006)

Music producers are, discovering that many of the songs played online are unauthorized, says state news organ Xinhua in feigned surprise and concern, quoting Xu Chao, a senior official with the State Copyright Bureau, as saying more and more disputes over music copyright have occurred recently. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Even obscenities were caught by roving cameras, resulting in feigned shock from the announcers while no doubt delighting the director and producer. ❋ Unknown (2002)

"Whatever is the matter?" asked Bezalel in feigned surprise. ❋ Unknown (1947)

Correct me if I’m wrong but it looks like Specter is just like all the other Republicans and simply posturing, blubbering in feigned indignation, and mugging for the camera’s in the wake of the November elections. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Scrutinize those buildings, touch those surfaces and you'll discover a disconcerting number of restored façades, reassembled colonnades and a positive glorying in what the Italians call "feigned" materials: simulated marble, cleverly disguised concrete and a cunning assortment of ashlar, or thin stone slabs applied to resemble weighty blocks. ❋ Dan Hofstadter (2011)

This place was one of several cities in the clouds, to which the cuckoos resorted who were driven away by the other birds; that is, a feigned place of printing, adopted by those who would have caught it if orthodoxy could have caught them. ❋ Augustus De Morgan (1838)

Can anyone recall his feigned indignation when Rep. Lewis called him out on the message of hate being peddled in his campaign rallies? ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, strangely enough, not a peep from the White House nor Dick Cheney's people questioning any of Gates 'feigned' lack of enthusiam 'RE the war and the' surge '. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his confirmation hearing, for example, Gonzales had conceded, that he and other senior Bush administration lawyers had engaged in discussions about the boundaries of torture policy and even specific torture techniques -- such as feigned burials alive -- that might be used against captured terrorists. ❋ Unknown (2007)

December, 1860, accused the emperor of having "feigned" to protect him. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

By the way this is called feigned intimacy, and men love it.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Are courts then expected to reject this defence because it is "feigned"? ❋ Barbara Ellen (2010)

That's why A.G. Holder 'feigned' an investigation of the Bush administration Torture Criminals. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2010)

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