feinted

verb

past tense of feint
as in bluffed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feinted
  1. bluffed
  2. feigned
  3. disguised
  4. camouflaged
  5. concealed
  6. masked
Verb
  • Any time the Patriots succeed with a new blitz or bluffed blitz in the first quarter, offenses expect to see it again later in the game.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
  • On the second interception, Simmons said Delaware bluffed as if an all-out blitz was coming before falling back into coverage and making the pick.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Definition of bluffed
Verb
  • Unafraid of sinking as low as possible at the welfare office, Dennis pretended to be recovering from a crack problem while Dee feigned intellectual disability, but the caseworker wasn’t buying it.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
  • Kimmel feigned surprise at the delivery, even when the driver insisted on bringing the smaller one inside the studio.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
Definition of feigned
Verb
  • Instead, Hating Women is a gentle self-help guide disguised as memoir.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Business leaders grappling with AI adoption can learn from historical figures like Caliph Harun al-Rashid, who disguised himself to understand his empire.
    — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of disguised
Verb
  • While the exterior remains camouflaged, the interior reveals a spacious four-seater with ample luggage capacity and a 97-liter frunk.
    — James Morris, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Copperheads are well camouflaged, and operate as sit-and-wait predators.
    — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
Definition of camouflaged
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  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The sign concealed a smaller building that was a holdout on the corner of West 34th Street and Broadway when Macy's was built in the early 1900s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of concealed
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  • Japanese media footage of the mall showed that part of the ceiling had caved in, and metal pieces and other debris were scattered about as helmeted and masked rescue workers searched the area.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Every Sunday is just a demolition derby, masked by metal and our feverish collective, institutionalized blood lust.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of masked
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