feign

[US]/feɪn/
[UK]/feɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. foregive; tilgive; undskylde
vi. tilgive; undskylde
Word Forms
Past Participlefeigned
Present Participlefeigning
Past Tensefeigned
Third Person Singularfeigns

Phrases & Collocations

feign illness

foregive sygdom

feign innocence

foregive uskyld

feign surprise

foregive overraskelse

feign death

foregive døden

Example Sentences

The writer feigns many a myth.

Forfatteren giver udtryk for mange myter.

She shrugged, feigning nonchalance.

Hun rystede på skuldrene og gav udtryk for ligegyldighed.

feign authorship of a novel.See Synonyms at pretend

foregive forfatterskab til en roman. Se Synonymer under lade som om

she shrugged, feigning indifference.

Hun rystede på skuldrene og gav udtryk for ligegyldighed.

She knew that her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren’t convincing.

Hun vidste, at hendes forsøg på at give udtryk for glæde ikke var overbevisende.

He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm.

Han accepterede invitationen med falsk entusiasme.

He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.

Han gav udtryk for ligegyldighed over for kritik af sit arbejde.

The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly found out that a bear was coming toward him.

Jægeren var nødt til at give udtryk for at være død, da han pludselig fandt ud af, at der kom en bjørn imod ham.

I chatted up the paper's editor, feigning interest in his anecdotes .

Jeg smalltalkede med avisens redaktør og foregav at være interesseret i hans anekdoter.

The child feigned a look of innocence when his mother asked who had eaten the cake.

Barnet gav udtryk for et uskyldigt udtryk, da hans mor spurgte, hvem der havde spist kagen.

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