So, if someone is feigning anger, that means he is pretending to
be angry... trying to fool you into believing he isn't thinking
straight, or something like that.
So, if someone is feigning anger, that means he is pretending to
be angry... trying to fool you into believing he isn't thinking
straight, or something like that.
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The pretence of curing disease is called?
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You can drop the pretense now. We all know you're faking your
injuries.
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The adjective for the verb pretend is the past participle, pretended. Pretend itself is also used colloquially as an adjective meaning make-believe, mainly for children's games, as in "a pretend castle."
A related adjective with a different meaning is pretentious:
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
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The noun forms for the verb to pretend are pretender, pretense, and the gerund, pretending.