feigned

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /feɪnd/ UK /feɪnd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like fend /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/

adj

Meanings

1

adj
simulated or pretended; not genuine

She greeted the news with feigned surprise.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · simulated or pretended; not... pretended simulated affected sham fake assumed artificial counterfeit

Opposites

genuine sincere real authentic unfeigned

Word family

Derived forms feignedlyfeignedness

Related forms feign feint fiction

Etymology

The past participle of 'feign', from Old French 'feindre, faindre' ('to feign, pretend'), from Latin 'fingere' ('to shape, form, devise, feign'), from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰeyǵʰ-' ('to knead, form, build').

feindre Old French fingere Latin *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# feigned

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** feɪnd
**IPA (UK):** feɪnd

## Meanings
1. simulated or pretended; not genuine

## Examples
- She greeted the news with feigned surprise.

## Synonyms
- pretended
- simulated
- affected
- sham
- fake
- assumed
- artificial
- counterfeit

## Antonyms
- genuine
- sincere
- real
- authentic
- unfeigned

## Derived Forms
- feignedly
- feignedness

## Related Forms
- feign
- feint
- fiction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: feindre
- Root: fingere
- Root: *dʰeyǵʰ-

## Etymology
The past participle of 'feign', from Old French 'feindre, faindre' ('to feign, pretend'), from Latin 'fingere' ('to shape, form, devise, feign'), from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰeyǵʰ-' ('to knead, form, build').

## AI Etymology
Feigned has this etymological history: The past participle of 'feign', from Old French 'feindre, faindre' ('to feign, pretend'), from Latin 'fingere' ('to shape, form, devise, feign'), from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰeyǵʰ-' ('to knead, form, build'). The etymological trail includes Old French feindre, Latin fingere, and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-. As an adjective, feigned describes what is simulated or pretended; not genuine. The same family is visible in derived forms such as feignedly and feignedness and related forms such as feign, feint, and fiction.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown

feigned

Meanings

Thesaurus

Etymology

Topics

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback