pretense

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(pre-tense) 2 syllables

Definition

noun. an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Example Sentence

My sleepiness was all pretense.

More Example Sentences

People saw through her pretense of kindness.

Synonyms

deception; facade; falsehood

Antonyms

honesty; truth; reality

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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
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