Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to feign
Participle: feigned
Gerund: feigning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | feign |
| you | feign |
| he;she;it | feigns |
| we | feign |
| you | feign |
| they | feign |
Perfect
| I | have feigned |
| you | have feigned |
| he;she;it | has feigned |
| we | have feigned |
| you | have feigned |
| they | have feigned |
Past
| I | feigned |
| you | feigned |
| he;she;it | feigned |
| we | feigned |
| you | feigned |
| they | feigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had feigned |
| you | had feigned |
| he;she;it | had feigned |
| we | had feigned |
| you | had feigned |
| they | had feigned |
Future
| I | will feign |
| you | will feign |
| he;she;it | will feign |
| we | will feign |
| you | will feign |
| they | will feign |
Future Perfect
| I | will have feigned |
| you | will have feigned |
| he;she;it | will have feigned |
| we | will have feigned |
| you | will have feigned |
| they | will have feigned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | feign |
| you | feign |
| he;she;it | feign |
| we | feign |
| you | feign |
| they | feign |
Perfect
| I | have feigned |
| you | have feigned |
| he;she;it | have feigned |
| we | have feigned |
| you | have feigned |
| they | have feigned |
Imperfect
| I | feigned |
| you | feigned |
| he;she;it | feigned |
| we | feigned |
| you | feigned |
| they | feigned |
Pluperfect
| I | had feigned |
| you | had feigned |
| he;she;it | had feigned |
| we | had feigned |
| you | had feigned |
| they | had feigned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would feign |
| you | would feign |
| he;she;it | would feign |
| we | would feign |
| you | would feign |
| they | would feign |
Perfect
| I | would have feigned |
| you | would have feigned |
| he;she;it | would have feigned |
| we | would have feigned |
| you | would have feigned |
| they | would have feigned |
Imperative
| you | feign |
| we | Let's feign |
| you | feign |
Verbs conjugated like 'feign'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'feign'
deign,
reign,
align,
bein,
design,
fain,
feen,
feine,
feint,
feize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deceive; to intentionally make believe a false thing
- counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, overreach, put on, sham
- concoct
- counterfeit, devise, fabricate, forge, invent
- counterfeit
- affect, emulate, imitate, mimic, pretend, simulate
- imagine
- pretend
Antonyms
- imagine
- prove, substantiate, verify, demonstrate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1300, from O.Fr.
feign-, pres. stem of
feindre "pretend, shirk," from L.
fingere "devise, fabricate," originally "to shape, invent, to form," from PIE base
*dheigh- "to form, shape."
2. From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint, figment and fiction. See: Middle English '
feynen', Old French '
feindre', Latin '
fingo'.
Verbs referencing "feign"
English
feint, Spanish
fingir, German, old spelling
fingieren.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the passengers being exceedingly anxious to expound at great length to my companion (not to me, of course ) the true principles on which books of travel in America should be written by Englishmen, I feigned to fall asleep. But glancing all the way out at window from the corners of my eyes, I found abundance of entertainment for the rest of the ride in watching the effects of the wood fire, which had [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)