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CLAIM |
Pretense |
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PRETEXT |
Pretense |
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HYPOCRISY |
Pretense of virtue |
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COUNTTENANCE |
Superficial appearance; show; pretense. |
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PRETENCELESS |
See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless. |
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SHOW |
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. |
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PRETENDENCE |
The act of pretending; pretense. |
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RELIGIONISM |
Affectation or pretense of religion. |
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VEIL |
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. |
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BRAG |
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self
glorification. |
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SAINTISM |
The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical
pretense of holiness. |
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SOLDIER |
To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing
any task. |
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STALKING-HORSE |
Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project;
a mask; a pretense. |
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DISSEMBLE |
To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to
simulate; to feign. |
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FEINT |
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a
pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. |
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JOB |
To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
turn public matters to private advantage. |
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CLOAK |
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a
fair pretense; a mask; a cover. |
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MAKE-BELIEVE |
A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a
mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. |
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AFFECT |
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to
assume; as, to affect ignorance. |
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SINCERITY |
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind
or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false
pretense; sincereness. |
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TRUMPERY |
Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense;
falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out
and of no value; rubbish. |
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SHOPLIFTER |
One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods
privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes
occasion to steal. |
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REALITY |
That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not
imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence,
and is not merely an idea. |
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OPEN |
Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by
sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; --
applied to per... |
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VENEER |
...eaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false
pretense. ... |