Related Words for feign

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pretend
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
affect
x/
Noun, Verb, Noun
sham
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
dissemble
x/x
Verb, Verb
simulate
/xx
Verb, Verb, Adjective
assume
x/
Adjective, Verb
faking
/x
Verb
utter
/x
Adjective
seeming
/x
Verb
dissimulation
xxx/x
Noun
induce
x/
Verb
betray
x/
Verb
evade
x/
Verb
profess
x/
Verb
rouse
/
Noun
conceal
x/
Verb
evince
x/
Verb
assuage
x/
Verb
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
pretence
x/
Noun
spurn
/
Verb
succumb
x/
Verb
deride
x/
Verb
bask
/
Noun
ascribe
x/
Verb
condescend
xx/
Verb
pretense
x/
Noun
hide
/
Noun
contrive
x/
Verb
avow
x/
Verb
disdain
x/
Noun
insinuate
x/xx
Verb
indifference
x/xx
Noun
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
downplay
/x
Verb
revel
/x
Noun
impute
x/
Verb
mock
/
Adjective
disguising
x/x
Verb
chide
/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
fain
/
Noun
mimic
/x
Noun
eschew
x/
Verb
deflect
x/
Verb
incite
x/
Verb
allay
x/
Verb
effrontery
x/xx
Noun
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
abject
/x
Adjective
mollify
/xx
Verb
modicum
/xx
Noun
invoke
x/
Verb
provoke
x/
Verb
exude
x/
Verb
heighten
/x
Verb
delude
x/
Verb
indulge
x/
Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
disregard
xx/
Noun
shun
/
Noun
utmost
/x
Noun
proffer
/x
Noun
denounce
x/
Verb
elicit
x/x
Verb
declare
x/
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
disinterest
x/xx
Noun
semblance
/x
Noun
suffer
/x
Verb
placate
/x
Verb
beguile
x/
Verb
unmitigated
x/xxx
Adjective
ruse
/
Noun
garner
/x
Name
confuse
x/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
demur
x/
Noun
suppress
x/
Verb
obviate
/xx
Verb
thwart
/
Verb
instigate
/xx
Verb
gloat
/
Verb
blurt
/
Verb
confess
x/
Verb
mutter
/x
Noun
evoke
x/
Verb
flinch
/
Verb
flaunt
/
Verb
countenance
/xx
Noun
exaggerate
x/xx
Verb
attain
x/
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun
decry
x/
Verb
aught
/
Noun
bespeak
x/
Verb
abet
x/
Noun
shriek
/
Noun
imitate
/xx
Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
inflict
x/
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb
slight
/
Adjective
arouse
x/
Verb
berate
x/
Verb
mumble
/x
Noun
scream
/
Noun
cause
/
Noun
writhe
/
Noun
elude
x/
Verb
abhor
x/
Verb
relieve
x/
Verb
entreat
x/
Verb
speak
/
Verb
pander
/x
Noun
sneer
/
Noun
allude
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
exclaim
x/
Verb
assail
x/
Verb
obfuscate
/xx
Verb
plead
/
Verb
temerity
x/xx
Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
ingratiate
x/xx
Verb
avowal
x/x
Noun
proclaim
x/
Verb
bafflement
/xx
Noun
feint
/
Noun
counterfeit
/xx
Noun
borrow
/x
Verb
falsify
/xx
Verb
forge
/
Noun
prank
/
Noun
play
/
Noun
strung
/
Noun
nonchalance
/x/
Noun
indisposition
xxx/x
Noun
lameness
/x
Noun
apoplectic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
awed
/
Adjective
bull
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
catatonic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
compensable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
fulminant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
incapacity
xx/xx
Noun
irreversible
xx/xx
Adjective
lingering
/xx
Noun
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
painful
/x
Adjective
phoney
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
play possum
//x
Phrase, Verb
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
speechless
/x
Adjective
waffle
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective