1. the act of pretending or putting on a false appearance
Usage: gerund form

1. pretending to have or feel something; acting as if something is true when it is not
Usage: present participle of ‘feign’

Examples

• She was feigning illness to avoid the test.
• His feigning of surprise fooled no one.
• The actor was feigning confidence despite his nervousness.
• Her feigning ignorance about the broken vase was unconvincing.
• He spent the morning feigning interest in the boring presentation.
• The child’s feigning of sleep didn’t work on her mother.
• Stop feigning that you don’t know what happened.