Both Uses of
feigned
in
Things Fall Apart
- On receiving such a message through a younger brother or sister, Nwoye would feign annoyance and grumble aloud about women and their troubles.†
p. 52.7feign = pretend (make a pretense of)
- And so he feigned that he no longer cared for women's stories.†
p. 54.3 *feigned = pretended (made a pretense of)
Definition:
pretended -- usually pretending to feel something