to feign indifference
1indifference — 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… …
2indifference — , indifferent Ho omaopopo ole, palaka, nānā ole. Also: ho okanane o, nānā maka, ho okolono, palaleha. ♦ To feign indifference, ho opalaka, ho opalai maka …
3feign — [ feın ] verb transitive FORMAL to pretend to have a particular feeling: OK, she said, feigning indifference …
4indifference — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, supreme (esp. BrE), total, utter ▪ growing ▪ deliberate, studied ▪ …
5feign — 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… …
6feign — verb Feign is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disappointment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ignorance, ↑illness, ↑indifference, ↑injury, ↑innocence, ↑insanity, ↑interest, ↑look, ↑nonchalance, ↑ …
7feign — [[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… …
8feign — 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 …
9feign — See pretend; also ho o , faint, friendship, indifference …
10Glossary 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 …