feign an illness
1illness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, fatal, incurable, terminal ▪ catastrophic (AmE, law), critical, dangerous, debilitating, devastating …
2feign — verb Feign is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disappointment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ignorance, ↑illness, ↑indifference, ↑injury, ↑innocence, ↑insanity, ↑interest, ↑look, ↑nonchalance, ↑ …
3feign — [[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… …
4Murder of Rosie Palmer — Rose Frances Palmer Rosie Palmer Born 1 August 1990 Died 30 June 1994 (aged 3) Cause of death Undetermined …
5Münchausen syndrome — For feigned mental illness, see Malingering. Factitious disorders Classification and external resources ICD 10 F68.1 ICD 9 …
6play possum — verb a) to feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lay low. Thinking fast, we played possum hoping the bear wouldnt bother us. b) to feign sleep, illness, etc. The soldier played possum, fooling the… …
7malinger — verb he was put on report for malingering Syn: pretend to be ill, feign (an) illness, fake (an) illness; shirk; informal goof off …
8Play possum — feign illness or death …
9Malingering — Classification and external resources ICD 10 Z76.5 ICD 9 V65.2 MeSH …
10Self-harm — This article focuses on repetitive self harm, not on severe self harm inflicted during psychosis. For forms of self harm related to body image, sexuality and wartime, see Body modification, Algolagnia and Self inflicted wound respectively. Self… …