pretended

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pretended

/pɹɪˈtɛndɪd/

Rhymes with -ɛndɪd

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of pretend

adjective

not comparable feigned; counterfeit The room above the bank had been leased to a pretended tradesman.

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Closest in meaning: assumed, sham, counterfeit, fictitious, fictive, imitative, false, put on, alleged, supposed, purported, presumptive, thought, so-called, said, acted

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@misc{pretended_2026,
  title = {pretended},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretended},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}