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Deigned vs Feigned - What's the difference?

deigned | feigned |

As verbs the difference between deigned and feigned

is that deigned is past tense of deign while feigned is past tense of feign.

As an adjective feigned is

being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.

deigned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (deign)
  • Anagrams

    *

    deign

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.
  • He didn't even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.
  • To condescend to give; to do something.
  • * William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I scene II:
  • Nor would we deign him burial of his men.
  • * 1871 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease, Or, The Brother's Wife (volume 2, page 189)
  • He, who usually hardly deigned a glance at his infants, now lay gazing with inexpressible softness and sadness at the little sleeping face
  • (obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
  • * 1598?' , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona , Act I, scene I, line 162-3
  • I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,receiving them from such a worthless post.

    feigned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
  • 1841' ''"I have passed my word," said Jowl with '''feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"'' — Charles Dickens, ''The Old Curiosity Shop , Chapter 9.

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (feign)
  • Anagrams

    * feeding