What is "pretended" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does pretended mean in English? Meaning of pretended definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "pretended" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "pretended": adopted in order to deceive

Adjective

Meaning: adopted in order to deceive

Example: an assumed name an assumed cheerfulness a fictitious address fictive sympathy a pretended interest a put-on childish voice sham modesty

Synonyms: assumed false fictitious fictive pretended put on sham

Similar: counterfeit imitative

Synonyms:

mock, fake, professed, counterfeit, cheating, assumed, avowed, covered, masked, affected, concealed, quack, pretend, feigned, supposed, simulated, sham, falsified, lying, artificial, bogus, charlatan, factitious, fictitious, make-believe, ostensible, phony, pseudo, so-called, spurious, put-on, purported, shammed, bluffing, dissimulated, false, impostrous, imposturous,

Antonyms:

real, sincere, genuine, original, true, exposed, open, revealed, bare,

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