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Adjective feigned has 1 sense
  1. feigned - not genuine; "feigned sympathy"
    Antonym:     sincere (indirect, via insincere)
,Verb feign has 2 senses
  1. feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
    --1 is one way to misrepresent, belie
    Derived form: noun feigning1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  2. simulate, assume, sham, feign - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
    --2 is one way to dissemble, pretend, act
    Derived form: noun feigning2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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