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Feigned vs Feined - What's the difference?

feigned | feined |

As verbs the difference between feigned and feined

is that feigned is past tense of feign while feined is past tense of feine.

As an adjective feigned

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

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.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (feign)

    • Anagrams

    * feeding

    feined

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (feine)

    • feine

    English

    Verb

    (fein)
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913) ----