feigned

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Translation of feigned from English into Dutch

Adjective

false

not real or genuine, often pretending
gemaakte geveinsde onechte
  • She gave a feigned smile to hide her anger.Ze gaf een gemaakte glimlach om haar woede te verbergen.
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Synonyms and analogies of feigned in English

adj.pretendedsimulatedMore synonyms

Examples of feigned in a sentence

  • The feigned surprise on her face didn't fool anyone.
feign
feɪn
Verb
tr.

role play

give false appearance, often to trick others
  • He feigned illness to avoid school.Hij veinsde ziekte om niet naar school te hoeven.

Expressions with feign: examples in English and translations in Dutch

onwetendheid veinzen
onwetendheid voorwenden
She feigned ignorance when asked about the missing files.

Translations of "feigned" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective / Participle
geveinsdpp.

A guilty man would've feigned disgust? Exactly.

Iemand die schuldig was had afkeer geveinsd? - Inderdaad.

geaffecteerdadj.

affected; artificial; created; enforced; faked; feigned; forced; made; pretended; strained; unnatural

geaffecteerd; gemaakt; onnatuurlijk; gezocht; gewrongen; gekunsteld; bekakt; dikdoenerig; ontroerd

voorgewendpp.

So feigned, pretended, unnatural, dreamed.

Zo geveinsd, voorgewend, onnatuurlijk, gedroomd.

gemaakte

His feigned interest in the conversation was easy to detect.

Zijn gemaakte interesse in het gesprek was makkelijk te doorzien.

geveinsde

This can lead to increased resting or feigned sleep, see low activity.

Dit kan leiden tot toenemende rustperiodes of geveinsde slaap, zie weinig activiteit.

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feigned: Examples and translations in context

You feigned interest in compromise so as not to arouse suspicion.

Je veinsde interesse in een compromis om geen achterdocht te wekken.

So you did the only thing possible, you feigned a locked door.

Dus u deed het enig mogelijke, u veinsde een gesloten deur.

Or perhaps you were fully aware and you feigned ignorance.

Of misschien wist je dat wel en veinsde onwetendheid.

You feigned madness, trying to fake extenuating circumstances.

Je veinsde waanzin, proberen om verzachtende omstandigheden na te bootsen.

If it was feigned anger, it seemed very real to me!

Als hij woede veinsde, kwam die op mij erg echt over.

You feigned interest in compromise so as not to arouse suspicion.

Je veinsde interesse in een compromis om geen achterdocht te wekken.

She maintained a feigned calmness despite the chaos around her.

Ze hield een gemaakte kalmte vast, ondanks de chaos om haar heen.

The witness's feigned memory loss hindered the investigation significantly.

Het gemaakte geheugenverlies van de getuige belemmerde het onderzoek aanzienlijk.

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