Meaning & use
feigning
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Pretending to feel or have something that is not real.
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He was feigning interest in the meeting while secretly checking his phone.
The cat lay feigning sleep, one eye watching the bird outside.
A note on using this word
Feigning is often followed by an emotion or state, as in 'feigning surprise' or 'feigning illness,' and always implies conscious deception.
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