unfeigned

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈfeɪnd/ UK /ʌnˈfeɪnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
genuine and sincere; not pretended

She greeted them with unfeigned delight.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · genuine and sincere; not... genuine sincere heartfelt earnest real true unaffected authentic

Opposites

feigned insincere pretended false affected

Word family

Derived forms unfeignedlyunfeignedness

Related forms feign feigned feint

Etymology

From un- ('not') + feigned, the past participle of feign, from Old French feindre ('to pretend, shape'), from Latin fingere ('to shape, form, contrive').

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

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unfeigned

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

## Meanings
1. genuine and sincere; not pretended

## Examples
- She greeted them with unfeigned delight.

## Synonyms
- genuine
- sincere
- heartfelt
- earnest
- real
- true
- unaffected
- authentic

## Antonyms
- feigned
- insincere
- pretended
- false
- affected

## Derived Forms
- unfeignedly
- unfeignedness

## Related Forms
- feign
- feigned
- feint

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

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + feigned, the past participle of feign, from Old French feindre ('to pretend, shape'), from Latin fingere ('to shape, form, contrive').

## AI Etymology
Unfeigned is from un- ('not') + feigned, the past participle of feign, from Old French feindre ('to pretend, shape'), from Latin fingere ('to shape, form, contrive'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), feindre (Old French), fingere (Latin), and *dʰeyǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers genuine and sincere; not pretended. The wider family includes derived forms such as unfeignedly and unfeignedness and related words such as feign, feigned, and feint.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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