pretended
adjective
[ prɪˈtɛndɪd ]
• not genuine; assumed.
• "eating ice cream with pretended unconcern"
pretend
verb
• behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
• "I closed my eyes and pretended I was asleep"
Similar:
make as if,
profess,
affect,
dissimulate,
dissemble,
pose,
posture,
put it on,
put on a false front,
go through the motions,
sham,
fake it,
kid,
• lay claim to (a quality or title).
• "he cannot pretend to sophistication"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae ‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th century.
