(pre-tense) 2 syllables

Definition

noun. a claim; esp. an unsupported one; as to some distinction or accomplishment; pretension a false claim or profession a false show of something a pretending; as at play

Example Sentence

My sleepiness was all pretense.

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pretense
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Rhymes

  • bence
  • cents
  • dense
  • fence
  • hence
  • hense
  • pence
  • pense
  • sense
  • spence
  • spens
  • tense
  • thence
  • whence

  • commence
  • condense
  • defence
  • defense
  • dispense
  • expense
  • ferenc
  • immense
  • incense
  • intense
  • offense
  • pretense
  • suspense

  • commonsense
  • nondefense

  • misrepresents