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Synonyms for malinger

Grammar : Verb
Spell : muh-ling-ger
Phonetic Transcription : məˈlɪŋ gər

Définition of malinger

Origin :
  • 1820, from French malingrer "to suffer," perhaps also "pretend to be ill," from malingre "ailing, sickly" (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre "sickly, miserable" and malade "ill." Mingre is itself a blend of maigre "meager" + haingre "sick, haggard," possibly from Germanic (cf. Middle High German hager "thin"). The sense evolution may be through notion of beggars with sham sores. Related: Malingered; malingering; malingerer (1785).
  • verb evade
Example sentences :
  • "Sheep," who has been disposed to malinger, is the worst of the lot.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in Alaska » by Samuel Hall Young
  • It was quick work; but Bowles had a college education—he had been only six hours a cowboy when he learned to malinger on the job.
  • Extract from : « Bat Wing Bowles » by Dane Coolidge
  • One, of course, can readily see with what facility an individual of the type under discussion could malinger mental symptoms.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Forensic Psychiatry » by Bernard Glueck
  • No man ever essayed to malinger or to shirk a duty to which he had been allotted by the doctor.
  • Extract from : « Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons » by Henry Charles Mahoney

Antonyms for malinger

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