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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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