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Definitions for Pretended

[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.
[4] to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
[5] to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep.
[6] to make believe: The children pretended to be cowboys.
[7] to presume; venture: I can't pretend to say what went wrong.
[8] to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely: He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.
[9] to make believe.
[10] to lay claim to (usually followed by to ): She pretended to the throne.
[11] to make pretensions (usually followed by to ): He pretends to great knowledge.
[12] Obsolete . to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to ).
[13] Informal . make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
[14] (when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to claim or allege (something untrue)
[15] (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make believe, as in a play you pretend to be Ophelia
[16] (intr foll by to ) to present a claim, esp a dubious one to pretend to the throne
[17] (intr foll by to ) obsolete to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for)
[18] fanciful; make-believe; simulated a pretend gun

Words related to Pretended

mock, fake, professed, counterfeit, cheating, assumed, avowed, masked, affected, concealed, quack, pretend, feigned, supposed, simulated, sham, falsified, lying, purported, bluffing

Words nearby Pretended

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Origin of Pretended

1325–75; Middle English pretenden < Latin praetendere to stretch forth, put forward, pretend. See pre-, tend1

Words that may be confused with Pretended

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Other words from Pretended

pre·tend·ed·ly , adverb
self-pre·tend·ed , adjective
un·pre·tend·ed , adjective

Word origin for Pretended

C14: from Latin praetendere to stretch forth, feign, from prae in front + tendere to stretch

Synonyms for Pretended

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