feign[verb]Synonyms: assume, act, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, pretend, put on, sham, simulate
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
feign /feɪn/
verb [transitive] formal[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: feindre, from Latin fingere 'to shape, pretend']
to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc:
Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲