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pretended
adjective pre·tend·ed \pri-ˈten-dəd\
Definition of PRETENDED
: professed or avowed but not genuine <pretended affection>
— pre·tend·ed·ly adverb
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First Known Use of PRETENDED
15th century
Related to PRETENDED
- Synonyms
- affected, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, artificial, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
- Antonyms
- artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced
Rhymes with PRETENDED
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