make+pretence+of
11make-believe — I noun 1. imaginative intellectual play • Syn: ↑pretense, ↑pretence • Hypernyms: ↑imagination, ↑imaging, ↑imagery, ↑mental imagery 2. the …
12pretence — noun 1) cease this pretence Syn: make believe, acting, faking, play acting, posturing, deception, trickery 2) he made a pretence of being concerned Syn: (false) show, semblance, affectation …
13make — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made a table; made it out of cardboard; made him a sweater). 2 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) cause or compel (a person etc.) to do something (make… …
14make as if/though — FEIGN, pretend, make a show/pretence of, affect, feint, make out; informal put it on. → make …
15pretence — Synonyms and related words: airs, appearance, artifice, blind, camouflage, cloak, cover, cover up, deception, disguise, display, dodge, excuse, fable, fabrication, facade, fairy tale, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, fiction, figment,… …
16make-believe — n, adj Pretence, imagination. You can t live your whole life in amake believe world. 1790s …
17pretence — pre·tence || prÉªË tens / prɪtens n. feigning, pretending; false show, false appearance; pretending, make believe; claim, assertion …
18make-believe — I. n. Sham, feint, pretence, pretext, counterfeit. II. a. Unreal, sham, pretended, counterfeited, mock, clap trap …
19make-believe — /ˈmeɪk bəliv/ (say mayk buhleev) noun 1. pretence; feigning; sham. 2. a pretender; someone who pretends. –adjective 3. pretended; feigned; sham …
20sham — I. v. a. 1. Feign, pretend, make pretence of, imitate, ape. 2. Trick, cheat, delude, dupe. 3. Impose, obtrude by fraud. II. v. n. Deceive, feign, impose, pretend. III. n. Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence,… …
