Unfeigned
[ʌn'feɪnd] or [ʌn'fend]
Definition
(a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Real, sincere, sterling, true, undisguised, genuine, unaffected, unvarnished, not pretended.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clear, undisguised, veracious, sincere,[See HARD]
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Definition
adj. not feigned: real: sincere.—adv. Unfeign′edly.—n. Unfeign′edness.—adj. Unfeign′ing.
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Examples
- She looked at him with unfeigned astonishment. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He was on foot, and after looking very respectfully at her, looked with most unfeigned satisfaction at her companion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- And he shed tears of unfeigned sorrow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You reasoned it out beautifully, I exclaimed in unfeigned admiration. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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