Definition of "feigned" [feigned]

• Not real; pretended: a feigned modesty. (adjective)
• Made-up; fictitious. (adjective)

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• "Boehner, speaking today on Fox News, said he brushed off Biden's outburst, which he described as "feigned moral outrage" from the vice president."
• "He shook his head, and twinkled his eyes in feigned amusement, and marveled to himself that her intuition should have so squarely hit the mark."
• "The first general in feigned outrage tells the Fuhrer that they should exterminate one hundred thousand Jews."