- feign indifference
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
feign indifference
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indifference — n. 1) to affect, feign indifference 2) to display, show indifference 3) marked; studied indifference 4) indifference about, concerning 5) indifference to, towards * * * [ɪn dɪf(ə)rəns] concerning feign indifference show indifference studied… … Combinatory dictionary
indifference — , indifferent Ho omaopopo ole, palaka, nānā ole. Also: ho okanane o, nānā maka, ho okolono, palaleha. ♦ To feign indifference, ho opalaka, ho opalai maka … English-Hawaiian dictionary
feign — [ feın ] verb transitive FORMAL to pretend to have a particular feeling: OK, she said, feigning indifference … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
indifference — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, supreme (esp. BrE), total, utter ▪ growing ▪ deliberate, studied ▪ … Collocations dictionary
feign — UK [feɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms feign : present tense I/you/we/they feign he/she/it feigns present participle feigning past tense feigned past participle feigned formal to pretend to have a particular feeling OK, she said, feigning… … English dictionary
feign — verb Feign is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disappointment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ignorance, ↑illness, ↑indifference, ↑injury, ↑innocence, ↑insanity, ↑interest, ↑look, ↑nonchalance, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
feign — [[t]fe͟ɪn[/t]] feigns, feigning, feigned VERB If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true. [FORMAL] [V n] One… … English dictionary
feign — verb (T) formal to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc: Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. | Mattie watched him approach with feigned indifference … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
feign — See pretend; also ho o , faint, friendship, indifference … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Glossary of psychiatry — In this glossary of psychiatric terms, mostly Greek, secondly French and German and some English terms, as used in psychiatric literature, were defined. We have included many other terms with the passage of time and aim to broaden this article to … Wikipedia
pretend — /pri tend /, v.t. 1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong. 2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep. 3. to make believe: The children pretended … Universalium
