or use Advanced Search
if you are searching for a compound word, note that it might appear in any of three ways, reflecting varied editorial practice: spaced ('house keeper'), solid ('housekeeper'), or hyphenated ('house-keeper')

Search results

Search phrase: feign

Plays

 31 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iii.242I most unfeignedly beseech your lordship toI most vnfainedly beseech your Lordshippe to
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.182Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly;Most frendship, is fayning; most Louing, meere folly:
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.192Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly;
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.18feigning; and lovers are given to poetry; and what theyfaining, and Louers are giuen to Poetrie: and what they
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.19swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do feign.sweare in Poetrie, may be said as Louers, they do feigne.
As You Like ItAYL III.iii.24thou didst feign.thou didst feigne.
CymbelineCym III.ii.75Go, bid my woman feign a sickness, sayGo, bid my Woman faigne a Sicknesse, say
CymbelineCym V.v.279I had a feigned letter of my master'sI had a feigned Letter of my Masters
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.152How cold it struck my heart! If I do feign,How cold it strooke my heart. If I do faine,
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.192Burns under feigned ashes of forged loveBurnes vnder fained ashes of forg'd loue,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.142That Suffolk doth not flatter, face, or feign.That Suffolke doth not flatter, face,or faine.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.ii.31And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.And all that Poets faine of Blisse and Ioy.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.51I come, in kindness and unfeigned love,I come (in Kindnesse, and vnfayned Loue)
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.iii.202So much his friend, ay, his unfeigned friend,So much his Friend, I, his vnfained Friend,
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.ii.11Were but a feigned friend to our proceedings;Were but a fained friend to our proceedings:
King Edward IIIE3 IV.i.41And will unfeignedly perform the same.And will vnfaynedly performe the same.
King JohnKJ II.i.526For I do love her most unfeignedly.For I doe loue her most vnfainedly.
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.80Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods,Did faine that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.31With feigning voice verses of feigning love,With faining voice, verses of faining loue,
Richard IIIR3 II.i.22And what you do, do it unfeignedly.And what you do, do it vnfeignedly.
Richard IIIR3 V.i.21Hath turned my feigned prayer on my headHath turn'd my fained Prayer on my head,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.v.16But old folks, many feign as they were dead – but old folkes, / Many faine as they were dead,
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.ii.32And here I take the unfeigned oath,And heere I take the like vnfained oath,
Timon of AthensTim I.i.67Feigned Fortune to be throned. The base o'th' mountFeign'd Fortune to be thron'd. / The Base o'th'Mount
Timon of AthensTim I.i.226where thou hast feigned him a worthy fellow.where thou hast fegin'd him a worthy Fellow.
Timon of AthensTim I.i.227That's not feigned – he is so.That's not feign'd, he is so.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iv.21But if I live, his feigned ecstasiesBut if I liue, his fained extasies
Twelfth NightTN I.v.188It is the more like to be feigned; I pray you, keep itIt is the more like to be feigned, I pray you keep it
Twelfth NightTN III.i.96Since lowly feigning was called compliment.Since lowly feigning was call'd complement:
Twelfth NightTN V.i.135If I do feign, you witnesses above,If I do feigne, you witnesses aboue
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.iii.67and I at this present stood unfeignedly on the sameand I at this present stood unfainedly on the / Same

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Passionate PilgrimPP.8.13 One god is god of both, as poets feign; One God is God of both (as Poets faine)
Venus and AdonisVen.425 Dismiss your vows, your feigned tears, your flattery; Dismisse your vows, your fained tears, your flattry,

Glossary

 19 result(s).
artificialhypocritical, feigned, phony
borrowedassumed, pretended, feigned
commandedforced, feigned, contrived
counterfeitpretended, feigned, sham
counterfeitpretend, feign, make believe
counterfeitedpretended, feigned, sham
counterfeitingpretending, feigning, acting
counterfeitlyfeignedly, in a pretended way
dissembledconcealed, pretended, feigned
feigndepict, imagine, conjure up
feignmake appear, put on a demeanour
feigneddeceptive, contrived in order to deceive
feignedsham, pretended, spurious
feigningpretentiousness, posturing, courtly display
paintedfeigned, counterfeit, disguised
strainedforced, artificial, feigned
takeassume, pretend, feign
undertakeassume, take on, feign
unfeignedlygenuinely, sincerely, honestly

Thesaurus

 13 result(s).
feigncounterfeit
feigntake
feignundertake
feignedartificial
feignedborrowed
feignedcounterfeit
feignedcommanded
feignedcounterfeited
feigneddissembled
feignedpainted
feignedstrained
feignedlycounterfeitly
feigningcounterfeiting

Themes and Topics

 1 result(s).
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...eks do counterfeit our roses 2 pretend feign make believe ayl iii v 17 [phebe to s...

Words Families

 8 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FEIGNBASICfeign v, feigned adj, feigning adj, feigning n
FEIGNNOTunfeigned adj, unfeignedly adv
UNFEIGNEDBASICsee FEIGN
UNFEIGNEDLYBASICsee FEIGN

Snippets

 0 result(s).
x

Jump directly to