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Adjective
▲
Unnatural or artificial in one's mannerisms or behavior
false
fake
sham
artificial
pretended
bogus
mock
spurious
simulated
affected
phoneyUK
pseudo
assumed
contrived
phonyUS
forced
unnatural
pretend
strained
insincere
mechanical
plastic
factitious
faked
ostensible
professed
seeming
cod
apparent
fabricated
avowed
surface
put-on
more ❯
“She nodded lethargically, with a feigned smile and a secret sigh.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by a lack of sincerity
insincere
hypocritical
phoneyUK
pretended
artificial
fake
phonyUS
backhanded
unctuous
counterfeit
mealy
mealymouthed
jive
double
Pecksniffian
lip
two-faced
double-dealing
double-faced
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
Janus-faced
left-handed
false
duplicitous
deceitful
deceptive
dissembling
lying
dishonest
more ❯
“Unlike some of the others, I ain't persuaded by feigned looks of innocence.”
Adjective
▲
In a way that is easily perceived, understood or believed
ostensible
supposed
apparent
alleged
seeming
assumed
presumed
reputed
purported
putative
professed
evident
ostensive
claimed
pretended
outward
specious
superficial
surface
declared
avowed
illusory
perceived
likely
semblant
illusive
plausible
exhibited
manifest
colorable
demonstrative
notable
quasi
so-called
prima facie
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Seemingly, apparently, or on the surface
so-called
counterfeit
artificial
supposed
ostensible
professed
pretended
purported
alleged
synthetic
presumed
reputed
nominal
titular
formal
allegedly
itular
soi-disant
self-styled
would-be
self-appointed
self-titled
in name only
in title only
self-named
inappropriately named
commonly named
wrongly named
fake
bogus
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(of a quality or result) Achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort
studied
deliberate
calculated
considered
knowing
planned
intentional
conscious
premeditated
purposeful
measured
reasoned
advised
wilful
aforethought
designed
thoughtful
prepense
willful
voluntary
volitional
weighed
careful
contrived
prepared
willing
examined
investigated
studious
mannered
affected
artificial
forced
guarded
laboredUS
labouredUK
strained
overdone
overworked
plotted
reviewed
thought-out
self-conscious
well-considered
thought-about
thought-through
gone into
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Intended to impress in a showy manner
pretentious
ostentatious
pompous
affected
grandiose
inflated
showy
extravagant
mannered
chichi
flashy
overambitious
conspicuous
artificial
kitschy
tinselly
assuming
exaggerated
flamboyant
la-di-da
posey
conceited
elaborate
flaunting
flaunty
grand
heroic
snobbish
hifalutin
poseur
pseud
pseudo
snippy
sophomoric
specious
vainglorious
dicty
flatulent
hollow
poncey
toffee-nosed
arty
fake
gaudy
highfaluting
hyperventilated
put-on
splashy
stilted
swank
too-too
puffed up
high-minded
fancy-pants
la-de-da
arty-farty
chi-chi
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of
faked
simulated
pretended
shammed
affected
dissembled
counterfeited
acted
assumed
bluffed
imitated
professed
dissimulated
posed
postured
masqueraded
fabricated
played
forged
invented
devised
fronted
kidded
malingered
messed
put on
passed for
play-acted
put it on
played possum
gave the appearance of
given the appearance of
put on airs
put up a front
four-flushed
made a pretence of
played at
made a show of
did a bit
done a bit
went through the motions
gone through the motions
gave appearance of
given appearance of
made show of
put on act
went through the motions of
gone through the motions of
put on a false display
more ❯
“Young Eastern hog-nosed snakes, for example, feign death if they sense a threat.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
fooled
jested
joked
kidded
acted
faked
pretended
shammed
bantered
chaffed
funned
gagged
japed
jived
jollied
joshed
messed
quipped
teased
wisecracked
yucked
yukked
counterfeited
clowned about
clowned around
messed about
played tricks
messed around
played the fool
put on an act
had on
mucked around
mucked someone about
wound up
Verb
▲
(archaic) Past tense for to write or utter what is not true
fabled
concocted
contrived
designed
conceived
devised
composed
constructed
fabricated
cogitated
formulated
hatched
machinated
crafted
forged
invented
masterminded
cooked up
dreamt up
made up
thought up
came up with
come up with
whipped up
Verb
▲
Past tense for act
play-acted
postured
put it on
brought down the house
burlesqued
characterisedUK
characterizedUS
did
done
did a turn
done a turn
dramatisedUK
dramatizedUS
emoted
enacted
went on
gone on
went over
gone over
hammed
hammed it up
impersonated
laid an egg
made debut
mimed
mimicked
mugged
parodied
performed
personated
personified
played
played act
played gig
played part
played role
played to the gallery
portrayed
pretended
put it over
rehearsed
represented
said your piece
simulated
starred
stooged
strutted
took part
taken part
trod the boards
trodden the boards
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