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Meaning of PRETENDED

Pronunciation:  pri'tendid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
 
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 Synonyms: assumed, counterfeit, false, fictitious, fictive, imitative, put on, sham
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pre*tend"ed\, a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended
friend. -- {Pre*tend"ed*ly}, adv.
 

 

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