malinger
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or…To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
» Don't malinger by making your sprain sound worse than it is.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive)To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.
simulieren
притворя́ться больны́мpritvorjátʹsja bolʹným, притвори́ться больны́мpritvorítʹsja bolʹným, прики́дываться больны́мprikídyvatʹsja bolʹným
(ambitransitive)To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
- avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
Examples
1 sentencesDon't malinger by making your sprain sound worse than it is.
Translations
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Origin
From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).
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Forms
malingers, malingering, malingered, malingered| Base form | malinger · to malinger |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | malingers |
| Present participle | malingering |
| Past simple | malingered |
| Past participle | malingered |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill:skulk
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle