feign | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, dissemble, pretend, sham |
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(verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, sham, simulate |
feigned | (adjective) not genuine | - |
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feigning | (noun) the act of giving a false appearance | Synonyms: pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation |
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(noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: dissembling, pretence, pretense |
feijoa | (noun) dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves | Synonyms: pineapple guava |
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(noun) South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit | Synonyms: feijoa bush |
feint | (noun) any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) | - |
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(verb) deceive by a mock action | - |
feist | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: fice |
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feistiness | (noun) The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky. | Synonyms: scrappiness |
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feisty | (adjective) quick to take offense | Synonyms: huffy, thin-skinned, touchy |
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(adjective) showing courage | Synonyms: plucky, spunky |