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pretensed

pretensed adjective: pretend; fake.

Adjective

pretensed (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) pretend; fake

Origin of pretensed

From pretense + -ed.

Words formed from pretensed

  • pretensedly

Questions about pretensed

What does pretensed mean?
Pretensed means pretend; fake.
What part of speech is pretensed?
Pretensed is an adjective.

Words near pretensed in the dictionary

  1. Pretendolino
  2. pretendress
  3. pretendresses
  4. pretends
  5. pretense
  6. pretensed
  7. pretenseful
  8. pretenseless
  9. pretenses
  10. pretension
  11. pretensional

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