fake bad

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fake bad (third-person singular simple present fakes bad, present participle faking bad, simple past and past participle faked bad)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, psychology, informal) To present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly negative manner, exaggerating bad traits and playing down good ones.
    Antonym: fake good