Definitions for pretended

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pretended pre·tend·ed

Spelling: [pri-ten-did]

IPA: /prɪˈtɛn dɪd/

Pretended is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in pretended (ddeeenprt).

Definitions for pretended

adjective

1. insincerely or falsely professed:
2. feigned, fictitious, or counterfeit:
3. alleged or asserted; reputed.
4. Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so:
2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign:
3. to make believe:
4. to presume; venture:
5. to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely:

verb (used without object)

1. to make believe.
2. to lay claim to (usually followed by to):
3. to make pretensions (usually followed by to):
4. Obsolete. to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to).

Origin of pretended

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at pretend, -ed²

Examples for pretended

I pretended to be a 35-year-old man from Kansas with a spouse and child.

Our Pashto interpreter explained how he had pretended to be a Pakistani policeman when interested crowds approached the compound.

Her mother laughed merrily, and pretended to box her daughter's ears.

I offered him my hand in congratulation, and he seized and shook it like the good-natured fool he was—or pretended to be.

When he stopped by with the mail, he smiled, and we all pretended things were normal.

"You've always said she hadn't, and pretended to be glad of it; I won't contradict," I returned.

I did not love you; I do not think I have pretended to love you.

Hannigan pretended to be a basketball pro in order to impress a hot guy she had a crush on—only she had never played basketball.

And he pretended he had got it, and read me such a beautiful letter from his mother!

She pretended that at first she took young Bines for what we all took him, an employee of the mine.