pretended

verbadjectivecommon in dialogue

//pɹɪˈtɛndɪd//

feigned; counterfeit

verb

1
Also a form of pretendsimple past and past participle of pretend

adjective

1
feigned; counterfeit
The room above the bank had been leased to a pretended tradesman.

presumed · Appearing to be the most probable, often with some…presumptuous · Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of…pretend · To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated…

pretended · feigned; counterfeit

pretending · The act of imagining; make-believe.pretentious · Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified…pretext · A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

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