All 6 Uses of
feigned
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then.†
Chpt 1 *
- He would seize a handful of grapes and sawdust or three or four American apples and thrust them generously into his grandnephew's hand while the shopman smiled uneasily; and, on Stephen's feigning reluctance to take them, he would frown and say: —Take them, sir.†
Chpt 2
- He pushed onward nervously, feigning a still greater haste and faintly conscious of the smiles and stares and nudges which his powdered head left in its wake.†
Chpt 2
- He bestowed them in his pockets with feigned composure and suffered the friendly teller, to whom his father chatted, to take his hand across the broad counter and wish him a brilliant career in after life.†
Chpt 2
- While he sang and she listened, or feigned to listen, his heart was at rest but when the quaint old songs had ended and he heard again the voices in the room he remembered his own sarcasm: the house where young men are called by their christian names a little too soon.†
Chpt 5
- Stephen felt that his anger had another cause but, feigning patience, touched his arm slightly and said quietly: —Cranly, I told you I wanted to speak to you.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
-
(feigned) pretended -- usually pretending to feel something