Pretended

What do we mean by pretended?

Not genuine or sincere; feigned. adjective

Supposed; alleged. adjective

Making a false appearance; unreal; false. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of pretend. verb

Adopted in order to deceive adjective

To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.

To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).

To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)

To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.

To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.

To hold before one; to extend.

Words that are spelled similarly to pretended:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pretended:
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Words that rhyme with pretended:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective pretended:
friends, power, right, miracles, ignorance, rights, friendship, discovery, friend, authority, revelations, revelation, indifference, plot, zeal, marriage, love, knowledge, science, letter, prince, patriots, conspiracy, title, prophet, miracle, legislation, son, offences, reformation, discoveries, madness, surprise, patriotism, anger, crime, fear, innocence, flight, necessity, religion, claim, death, philosophers, illness, conversion, mission, purpose, indignation, prophecies, demonstration, offenses, cause, object, art, author, saints, sanctity, letters, liberty, reformers, wisdom, crimes, sympathy, prophets, regard, husband, horror, treaty, attack, reconciliation, humility, trial, affection, payment, piety, successors, claims, sleep, facts, superiority, king, acts, victory, virtue, astonishment, contempt, principle, merchant, message, translation.

Words that sound like pretended:
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