English Explanatory Dictionary

malinger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
  2. To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/məˈlɪŋɡə/ /məˈlɪŋɡɚ/ en-us-malinger.ogg en-au-malinger.ogg

Word forms

malinger malingers malingering malingered

Etymology

From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).

Related words

factitious disorder differentiated from malingering by a component of real mental illness as opposed to solely a sane calculation of shirking to call out someone for or accuse someone of either factitious pretense malingering

Derived words

malingerer malingering malingeror malingery
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