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pretended - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pretended' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pretended [ a.]
- Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
2 . Pretended [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Pretend

Meaning of 'pretended' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pretended [ s]
Meaning (1):
- adopted in order to deceive
Example in sentence:
  • a fictitious address;
  • a pretended interest;
  • a put-on childish voice;
  • an assumed cheerfulness;
  • an assumed name;
  • fictive sympathy;
  • sham modesty

Nearby Words:

pre- preaccusation preace preach preached preacher preachership preachify preaching preachman

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