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1
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
- the feigned applause that polite people give after a bad concert
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- automatic,
- canned,
- concocted,
- fabricated,
- hokey,
- labored,
- manufactured,
- pat,
- unauthentic,
- unreal,
- unrealistic
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
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2
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
- the feigned looks of innocence I got when I asked who had broken the lamp
Synonyms for feigned
- artificial,
- backhanded,
- counterfeit,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- fake,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- Janus-faced,
- jive
- [slang],
- left-handed,
- lip,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- Pecksniffian,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- phony-baloney
- (or phoney-baloney),
- pretended,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
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feigned
verbpast tense of feign
Synonyms of feigned (Entry 2 of 2)
to present a false appearance of
- I would never feign illness just to get out of a test
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The first known use of feigned was in the 14th century
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