Feints [noun]
Definition of Feints:
pretense
Synonyms of Feints:
● Ruse
● Blind
● Stratagem
● Bait
● Cheat
● Artifice
● Hoax
● Pretension
● Fake
● Pretext
● Duck
● Ploy
● Imposture
● Dodge
● Maneuver
● Play
● Bluff
● Wile
● Deceit
● Snare
● Distraction
● Shift
● Trick
● Stall
● Subterfuge
● Expedient
● Make-believe
● Sham
● Gambit
● Hoodwinking
● Mock attack
Opposite/Antonyms of Feints:
● Truth
● Openness
● Truthfulness
● Reality
● Honesty
● Frankness
Sentence/Example of Feints:
It increased in volume, this firing, until I feared that what had been started as a feint was being pushed forward to a victory.
On the evening of the 15th his advance made a feint demonstration against Petersburg, and on the 16th made his attack in force.
The boatswain swore with wicked words,Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit,'Twas nothing but a feint.
She is jesting: I have it here; Monsieur, the feint is useless.
But Clairon considers that this is a feint on his part, and that he will arrive sooner, in order to surprise her.
But there he was bantered, and a feint was made of shutting him up in the guard-house as a disorderly person.
This was true, for the major had only made a feint of going in to deceive the boy, and had made off when the lad was out of sight.
The Spider's daggers, therefore, make no more than an idle feint; their points do not enter the flesh of the tight-clasped Wasp.
Our orders were to make a feint, and if we found that the Turk meant to stay and fight it out seriously, we were to fall back.
His "J'ai feint que les dieux m'aient parl" opens charmingly.