单词 | pretense |
例句 | pretense noun 1.•cease this pretense:make-believe, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, faking, feigning, simulation, dissimulation, play-acting, posturing | deception, deceit, deceitfulness, fraud, fraudulence, duplicity, subterfuge, trickery, dishonesty, hypocrisy, falsity, lying, mendacity. ANT honesty. 2.•he made a pretense of being unconcerned:(false) show, semblance, affectation, (false) appearance, outward appearance, impression, (false) front, guise, facade, display. 3.•she had dropped any pretense to faith:claim, profession. 4.•he was absolutely without pretense:pretentiousness, display, ostentation, affectation, showiness, posturing, humbug. |
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