feign

/feɪn/ verb [T] formal

Translation

› If you feign an emotion, illness, etc, you pretend to have it.

yapar gibi görünmek, yalandan yapmak, yapıyormuş gibi davranmak, numara yapmak

He feigned illness to avoid having to work.1054

(Definition of feign verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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