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Meanings of feigned in anglès

Feigned.

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Usage of feigned in anglès
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Italy's politicians have feigned to want to change the system for years.
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2
The fear and agitation in the South were not feigned but real.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
3
It was again in a feigned handwriting, and it contained these words:
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
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Their feigned shock and faux outrage demand justice immediately, if not sooner.
The Irish Times
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But this time there was no response, no passion real or feigned.
The bone palace
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Flinging open the door, he said, in a tone of well-feigned regret:
Under the Great Bear
7
Ascertain whether his madness is feigned, or whether his tapirs run amok.
Number9Dream
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Then he sat down and wrote a letter in a feigned hand.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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The interest with which she inspected the lovely volumes was not feigned.
The Holy Cross and Other Tales
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The young man hesitated for an instant; then, with well-feigned indifference, replied:
The Honor of the Name
11
Abe groaned; the Doctor looked at him with well-feigned astonishment, and continued:
The Red Acorn
12
He suspected the whole of this illness and delirium to be feigned.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
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It is exasperating to hear laughter-evenfeigned laughter-inwhich one cannot join.
Our Stage and Its Critics / By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gaze...
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With feigned indignation, he moved to capture her again; but Nancy escaped.
In the Year of Jubilee
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They feigned not to see her, not to know her; but Mme.
Mademoiselle Fifi
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I nodded in his direction, but he feigned not to see me.
The House of a Thousand Candles
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Feigned across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common