Definitions for pretendedprɪˈtɛn dɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pre•tend•edprɪˈtɛn dɪd(adj.)

  1. insincerely or falsely professed:

    a pretended interest in art.

  2. feigned; counterfeit:

    pretended wealth.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham(adj)

    adopted in order to deceive

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pretended(u)

    of Pretend

  2. Pretended(adj)

    making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend


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