Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who malingers.

    Simulant, Simulatin, Scheinkranker

    симуля́нтsimuljánt, симуля́нткаsimuljántka

    симуля́нтsymuljánt, симуля́нткаsymuljántka

More definitions
  • someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom is such a malingerer that you can't count on him to get anything done, no matter what promises he makes.

    ruТом такой симулянт, что на него ни в каком деле нельзя рассчитывать, какие бы обещания он ни давал. — Ooneykcall

  2. He's not really ill. He's just a malingerer.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · AlanF_US · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

4 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From malinger + -er.

From malinger + -er.

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Forms

plural: malingerers

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity:skulkershammer

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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