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# feigned

«feigned» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pretended; shown on the outside but not truly felt** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past form of feign (feign, feigns, feigned, feigning); adjective (feigned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pretended; shown on the outside but not truly felt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#m1)

2) Past form of feign: having pretended to feel or be something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it warns the reader that a feeling is fake: «feigned surprise», «feigned innocence». It helps readers notice when a character is hiding the truth. Phrases: feigned interest, feigned surprise, feigned illness, with feigned calm.

### examples

- She gasped with feigned surprise when she opened the present she had already seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x1)
- He feigned illness to miss the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x2)
- With feigned innocence, the dog sat next to the chewed shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x3)
- The spy spoke with feigned calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x4)
- Her feigned smile did not fool her best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x5)
- The fox feigned sleep until the hens came close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x6)
- "W'ich ark's dat?" asked the old man, in a tone of well-feigned curiosity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/#x7)

### note

Pronounced «faind», the g is silent. Opposite: genuine, real, sincere. Used before a noun as an adjective: a feigned yawn.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feigned» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feigned/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.