Pretended
adjective
1.
insincerely or falsely professed:
a pretended interest in art.
2.
feigned, fictitious, or counterfeit:
His pretended wealth was proved to be nonexistent.
3.
alleged or asserted; reputed.
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so:
to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
2.
to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign:
to pretend to go to sleep.
3.
to make believe:
The children pretended to be cowboys.
4.
to presume; venture:
I can’t pretend to say what went wrong.
5.
to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely:
He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.
verb (used without object)
6.
to make believe.
7.
to lay claim to (usually followed by to):
She pretended to the throne.
8.
to make pretensions (usually followed by to):
He pretends to great knowledge.
9.
Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to).
adjective
10.
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
pretend diamonds.
verb
1.
(when transitive, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to claim or allege (something untrue)
2.
(transitive; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make believe, as in a play: you pretend to be Ophelia
3.
(intransitive) foll by to. to present a claim, esp a dubious one: to pretend to the throne
4.
(obsolete) (intransitive) foll by to. to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for)
adjective
5.
fanciful; make-believe; simulated: a pretend gun
Read Also:
- Pretender
noun 1. a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose. 2. an aspirant or claimant (often followed by to): a pretender to the throne. 3. a person who makes unjustified or false claims, statements, etc., as about personal status, abilities, intentions, or the like: a pretender to literary genius. noun 1. a person who […]
- Pretense
noun 1. pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense. 2. a false show of something: a pretense of friendship. 3. a piece of make-believe. 4. the act of pretending or alleging falsely. 5. a false allegation or justification: He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business. 6. insincere or […]
- Pretension
noun 1. the laying of a claim to something. 2. a claim or title to something. 3. Often, pretensions. a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like: They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment. 4. a claim to dignity, importance, or merit. 5. pretentiousness. 6. the act […]
- Pretensioned
verb (used with object) 1. (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1). 2. to make (a concrete member) with pretensioned reinforcement. noun 1. (often pl) a false or unsupportable claim, esp to merit, worth, or importance 2. a specious or unfounded allegation; pretext 3. […]
- Pretensions
noun 1. the laying of a claim to something. 2. a claim or title to something. 3. Often, pretensions. a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like: They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment. 4. a claim to dignity, importance, or merit. 5. pretentiousness. 6. the act […]