pretended

pretended /pri'tendid/
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Xem thêm: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham, make-believe, feign, sham, affect, dissemble, dissemble, act, guess, venture, hazard, make, make believe, profess, make-believe



pretended

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    adj.

  • adopted in order to deceive; assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham

    an assumed name

    an assumed cheerfulness

    a fictitious address

    fictive sympathy

    a pretended interest

    a put-on childish voice

    sham modesty

    n.

  • the enactment of a pretense; make-believe

    it was just pretend

    v.

  • make believe with the intent to deceive; feign, sham, affect, dissemble

    He feigned that he was ill

    He shammed a headache

  • behave unnaturally or affectedly; dissemble, act

    She's just acting

  • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

    pretend the title of King

  • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; guess, venture, hazard

    I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again

    I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong

  • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; make, make believe

    She makes like an actress

  • state insincerely; profess

    He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt

    She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber

    She pretends to be an expert on wine

    adj.

  • imagined as in a play; make-believe

    the make-believe world of theater

    play money

    dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: assumed false fictitious fictive put on sham
pretends|pretended|pretending
syn.: act bluff fake feign make believe sham