Antonyms for feint

Grammar : Noun

Spell : feynt

Phonetic Transcription : feɪnt

Definition of feint

Origin : 1670s, "a false show, a pretended blow," from French feinte "a feint, sham," abstract noun from Old French feint (13c.) "false, deceitful," originally fem. past participle of feindre (see feign).
Borrowed late 13c. as adjective, but now obsolete in that sense. Also as a noun in Middle English with sense "false-heartedness" (early 14c.), also "bodily weakness" (c.1400).

noun pretense

Example sentences :

She made a feint of accepting the herb, and then pointed to him and to the road.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

And yet it was ministered to, in a dull and abortive manner, by all who made this feint.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

He made a feint, as if he were about to strike his pike between its eyes.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

"Forgive me if I have stayed too long," she said, making a feint of opening the door.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

That which should have been the real attack shall be no more than a feint.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Not bad, that feint––but dangerous, because of the possibility of misjudging the attack.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

Salem held one under his nose, in spite of a feint to interrupt them by the soldiers.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

Catlike though it was, the feint did not take the big fellow unprepared.
Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman

As I was falling it came over me that the attack was only a feint to keep us busy.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

I durst not follow them; for it might be a feint to decoy me from my post.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

Synonyms for feint

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