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Adjective
▲
Unnatural, artificial or fake in nature
affected
artificial
assumed
pretended
false
simulated
fake
sham
pseudo
put-on
insincere
faked
phoneyUK
spurious
apparent
avowed
bogus
contrived
fabricated
factitious
forced
imitation
mechanical
mock
ostensible
phonyUS
plastic
professed
seeming
strained
surface
unnatural
cod
counterfeit
ersatz
pretend
fictitious
imaginary
imagined
more ❯
“He answered me with feigned indifference.”
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
dissembling
deceitful
deceptive
lying
dishonest
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(of a quality or result) Achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort
studied
calculated
deliberate
measured
careful
conscious
considered
intentional
knowing
purposeful
thoughtful
mannered
volitional
advised
affected
artificial
contrived
designed
forced
guarded
laboredUS
labouredUK
planned
premeditated
reasoned
strained
studious
thought-out
weighed
well-considered
wilful
aforethought
examined
investigated
overdone
overworked
plotted
prepared
prepense
reviewed
self-conscious
thought-about
thought-through
voluntary
willful
willing
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 someone on
mucked around
mucked someone about
winded someone 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 to deceive or fool someone
bluffed
deceived
fooled
tricked
conned
deluded
misled
humbugged
duped
hoodwinked
bamboozled
beguiled
cheated
gulled
hoaxed
cozened
faked
lied
pretended
took in
taken in
buffaloed
burned
burnt
caught
gaffed
gammoned
had
hornswoggled
juggled
kidded
misguided
misinformed
shammed
snookered
snowed
snew
snown
spoofed
suckered
double-crossed
had on
betrayed
blagged
buncoed
defrauded
faked out
illuded
jived
scammed
shucked
strung along
sucked in
passed off
psyched out
put one over on
pulled the wool over someone's eyes
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 one's piece
simulated
starred
stooged
strutted
took part
taken part
trod the boards
trodden the boards
Verb
▲
Past tense for to slyly attempt to avoid blame or censure when dealing with (a situation or problem)
finessed
bluffed
maneuveredUS
manoeuvredUK
cheated
evaded
manipulated
steered
tricked
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