The meaning of Malingering

Malingering – definition

verb
Pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.
Usage examples:
People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering
Synonims:
Pretend to be ill Feign/fake illness Pretend to be an invalid Sham Shirk Skulk Put it on Skive Swing the lead Goldbrick

noun
The fact of pretending to be ill in order to avoid working
Usage examples:
People with the disease are often accused of malingering and given a hard time by work colleagues.

Malingering translation into English

Malingering: translate from English into Chinese

装病

Malingering: translate from English into Dutch

Malingering, Simulatie

Malingering: translate from English into French

Simulacre, Simuler la maladie, Faire semblant d'être malade

Malingering: translate from English into German

Simulieren, Krank spielen

Malingering: translate from English into Hindi

रोग का बहाना करना

Malingering: translate from English into Italian

Simulando, Darsi malato

Malingering: translate from English into Korean

말썽, 꾀병을 부림

Malingering: translate from English into Russian

Симуляция

Malingering: translate from English into Spanish

Proceso de enfermedad

Word origin

early 19th century: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- ‘wrongly’ + haingre ‘weak’, probably of Germanic origin.

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Malingering – similar words

malingered

məˈlɪŋ.ɡər

verb
Pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.
Usage examples:
People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering

verb
Past simple and past participle of malinger
Usage examples:
And is he really ill or just malingering?

verb
To pretend to be ill in order to avoid having to work
Usage examples:
And is he really ill or just malingering?

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malinger

verb
Pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.
Usage examples:
People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering

verb
To pretend to be ill in order to avoid having to work
Usage examples:
They weren't sure if she was really ill, or just malingering., as private investigators, we can hel…

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Malingering synonims

goldbrick

noun
A thing that looks valuable, but is in fact worthless.
Usage examples:
In such small communities, thieves, liars, and goldbrickers could easily be identified.

verb
Invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk.
Usage examples:
He wasn't goldbricking; he was really sick

All meanings and translations of Goldbrick

sham

noun
A thing that is not what it is purported to be.
Usage examples:
Our current free health service is a sham

adjective
Bogus; false.
Usage examples:
A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb
Short for pillow sham.

All meanings and translations of Sham

shirk

verb
Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
Usage examples:
I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter

noun
A person who shirks.
Usage examples:
His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.

All meanings and translations of Shirk

skive

verb
Avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk.
Usage examples:
I skived off school

noun
An instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early.
Usage examples:
‘i decided to give blood because it was a good skive out of the railway and after you'd donated you…

verb
Pare (the edge of a piece of leather or other material) so as to reduce its thickness.
Usage examples:
To join two ends of a strap, the ends are skived

All meanings and translations of Skive

skulk

verb
Keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.
Usage examples:
Don't skulk outside the door like a spy!

noun
A group of foxes.
Usage examples:
The skulk howls away into the night

verb
To hide or move around as if trying not to be seen, usually with bad intentions
Usage examples:
Dogs were skulking in the alleys.

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