pretended

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Phonetic Respelling: [ pri-ten-did ]

Definition: Play

v. to appear falsely; to make believe; adj. make-believe; imagined as in a play

Sentence: Play Play

He pretended to be sleeping.

More example sentences:

He pretended to be sleeping.

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Who pretended that Olaf was alive?

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Who pretended they were a monkey?

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Who dressed up and pretended to be a journalist in order to search for clues?

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Who pretended to be the captain?

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Who pretended to be a ghost in the Thibodeauxs' house?

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Who pretended to be Jess?

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Who pretended to be Andrew?

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Who pretended to be a Komodo Dragon?

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He pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously.

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Who put on a shark fin and pretended to be a shark to scare off the Dirty Rotten Rodents?

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His pretended indifference to criticism was annoying.

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After Ben got into a fist fight with Chip, Erica pretended to cradle his face affectionately, but what did she really do?

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When Huck pretended to be a girl, which of these did NOT give him away?

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What was following Libby when she pretended to play a flute?

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Synonyms: Play

fictional; make-believe; fictional

Antonyms: Play

real; actual

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Divide pretended into syllables:

pre-tend-ed

Pretended rhymes:

  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear bended bended
    • Hear blended blended
    • Hear ended ended
    • Hear fended fended
    • Hear mended mended
    • Hear pended pended
    • Hear splendid splendid
    • Hear tended tended
    • Hear trended trended
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear amended amended
    • Hear appended appended
    • Hear ascended ascended
    • Hear attended attended
    • Hear befriended befriended
    • Hear commended commended
    • Hear contended contended
    • Hear defended defended
    • Hear depended depended
    • Hear descended descended
    • Hear distended distended
    • Hear expended expended
    • Hear extended extended
    • Hear intended intended
    • Hear offended offended
    • Hear suspended suspended
    • Hear transcended transcended
  • Four Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear apprehended apprehended
    • Hear comprehended comprehended
    • Hear recommended recommended
    • Hear reoffended reoffended
    • Hear unamended unamended
    • Hear unattended unattended
    • Hear unintended unintended
  • Five Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear overextended overextended

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