malinger — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv oder intransitiv

   Oberbegriffe

   shirk

   Beispiele

   It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! / Smoothed by long fingers, / Asleep … tired … or it malingers, / Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.

   It has been the impression of past investigators that persons who malinger psychosis have latent tendencies for the condition.

2. To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv oder intransitiv

Verb

1. avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

   Synonyme

   skulk

   Oberbegriffe

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