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Definition of Pretended |
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Pretended
of Pretend Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend. Related Definitions: Appearance, As, False, Friend, Making, Of, Pretend, Pretended, Unreal |
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Pretended Quotations
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. George Washington It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. James Madison Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. James Madison Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God. Adam Smith There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served. Jane Jacobs To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Jacques Derrida I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. Cary Grant I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone. Patti LaBelle The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. Marcus Fabius Quintilian The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not. Maria Mitchell |
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Pretended Translations
pretended in German is gab vor, angeblich, vermeintlich pretended in Italian is presunto pretended in Spanish is presunto |
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