English-Thai Dictionary

feign

VT แสร้งทำ  แกล้งทำ  เสแสร้ง  pretend simulate sang-tam

 

feigned

ADJ ซึ่ง สร้าง ขึ้นมา  ซึ่ง ทำ เลียนแบบ  ซึ่ง ทำ ปลอมแปลง  counterfeit fake sueng-sang-kuen-ma

 

feigned

ADJ ซึ่ง เสแสร้ง  ซึ่ง กุ ขึ้นมา  simulated sueng-se-saeng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEIGN

v.t.fane. [L. fingo. The Latin forms fictum, fictus, whence figura, figure, also fucus. ] 1. To invent or imagine; to form an idea or conception of something not real.
There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Nehemiah 6:8.
2. To make a show of; to pretend; to assume a false appearance; to counterfeit.
I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner. 2 Samuel 14:2.
She feigns a laugh.
3. To represent falsely; to pretend; to form and relate a fictitious tale.
The poet did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.
4. To dissemble; to conceal. Obs.

 

FEIGNED

pp. Invented; devised; imagined; assumed.

 

FEIGNEDLY

adv. In fiction; in pretense; not really.

 

FEIGNEDNESS

n.Fiction; pretense; deceit.

 

FEIGNER

n.One who feigns; an inventor; a deviser of fiction.

 

FEIGNING

ppr. Imagining; inventing; pretending; making a false show.

 

FEIGNING

n.A false appearance; artful contrivance.

 

FEIGNINGLY

adv. With false appearance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FEIGN

Feign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning. ] Etym: [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant ), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure, and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction. ]

 

1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Neh. vi. 8. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.

 

2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. Shak.

 

3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

FEIGNED

FEIGNED Feigned, a.

 

Defn: Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. "A feigned friend. " Shak. Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps. xvii. 1.-- Feign "ed *ly, adv. -- Feign "ed *ness, n. Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. Jer. iii. 1 .Feigned issue (Law ), 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. Burill. Bouvier.

 

FEIGNER

FEIGNER Feign "er, n.

 

Defn: One who feigns or pretends.

 

FEIGNING

FEIGNING Feign "ing, a.

 

Defn: That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. -- Feign "ing *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

feign

feign |fān feɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury ): she feigned nervousness. • archaic invent (a story or excuse ). • [ no obj. ] archaic indulge in pretense. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French feign-, stem of feindre, from Latin fingere ‘mold, contrive. ’ Senses in Middle English (taken from Latin ) included ‘make something, ’ ‘invent a story, excuse, or allegation, ’ hence ‘make a pretense of a feeling or response ’ Compare with fiction and figment .

 

feigned

feigned |fānd feɪnd | ▶adjective simulated or pretended; insincere: her eyes widened with feigned shock.

 

Oxford Dictionary

feign

feign |feɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury ): she feigned nervousness. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French feign-, stem of feindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive ’. Senses in Middle English (taken from Latin ) included ‘make something ’, ‘invent a story, excuse, or allegation ’, hence ‘make a pretence of a feeling or response ’. Compare with fiction and figment .

 

feigned

feigned |feɪnd | ▶adjective simulated or pretended; insincere: her eyes widened with feigned shock.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

feign

feign verb 1 she lay still and feigned sleep: simulate, fake, sham, affect, give the appearance of, make a pretense of. 2 he's not really ill, he's only feigning: pretend, put it on, fake, sham, bluff, masquerade, play-act; informal kid.

 

feigned

feigned adjective he accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm: pretended, simulated, affected, artificial, insincere, put-on, fake, false, sham; informal pretend, phony. ANTONYMS sincere.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

feign

feign verb 1 she lay still and feigned sleep: simulate, fake, sham, affect, give the appearance of, make a show of, make a pretence of, play at, go through the motions of; informal put on. 2 he's not really ill, he's only feigning: pretend, put it on, fake, sham, bluff, pose, posture, masquerade, make believe, act, play-act, go through the motions, put on a false display; malinger; informal kid; Brit. informal mess.

 

feigned

feigned adjective he accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm: pretended, simulated, assumed, affected, artificial, insincere, put-on, fake, faked, false, sham; apparent, ostensible, seeming, surface, avowed, professed; informal pretend, pseudo, phoney; Brit. informal cod. ANTONYMS sincere.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

feign

feign /feɪn / (! fainと同音 ) 動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…を装う, …のふりをする ▸ feign interest 興味があるふりをする .