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| | | pretense | (n) ข้ออ้าง, มารยา, การแกล้งทำ, การเสแสร้ง |
| | | คำแก้ตัว | [khamkaētūa] (n) EN: excuse ; pretext ; plea ; defense ; alibi ; pretense FR: excuse [ f ] ; prétexte [ m ] ; alibi [ m ] | | แสร้ง | [saērong] (v) EN: pretend ; feign ; make a pretense (of) FR: feindre (de) ; faire semblant (de) | | ตลกบริโภค | [talok boriphōk] (x) EN: be a joke for eating ; sponge on s.o. ; get sth under false pretenses | | ตลกแดก | [talok daēk] (v, exp) EN: sponge on s.o. ; get sth under false pretenses |
| | | | Pretence | { } n. [ LL. praetensus, for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See Pretend, and cf. Tension. ] 1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint. [ 1913 Webster ] Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretense
Of proffered peace, delude the Latian prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Intention; design. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] A very pretense and purpose of unkindness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ See the Note under Offense. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Mask; appearance; color; show; pretext; excuse. -- Pretense, Pretext. A pretense is something held out as real when it is not so, thus falsifying the truth. A pretext is something woven up in order to cover or conceal one's true motives, feelings, or reasons. Pretext is often, but not always, used in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Pretense | | Pretensed | a. Pretended; feigned. [ Obs. ] -- Pre*tens"ed*ly adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] | | Pretenseful | a. Abounding in pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Pretenseless | a. Not having or making pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 出し(P);出汁 | [だし(P);ダシ, dashi (P); dashi] (n) (1) (uk) dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp); (2) (出し only) pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man; (P) #1,174 [Add to Longdo] | | 振り(P);風 | [ふり, furi] (n, ctr) (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging; (n) (2) (uk) appearance; behaviour; (3) (uk) pretence (pretense); show; (4) (uk) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.); (5) postures (of a dance); (6) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; (suf, ctr) (7) counter for swords, blades, etc.; (P) #5,704 [Add to Longdo] | | 名目 | [めいもく(P);みょうもく, meimoku (P); myoumoku] (n, adj-no) (1) name; title; appellation; (something) nominal; (2) (under the) pretext (of); pretense; (P) #8,989 [Add to Longdo] | | 真似 | [まね, mane] (n, vs) mimicry; imitation; behavior; behaviour; pretense; pretence; (P) #12,470 [Add to Longdo] | | 仮託 | [かたく, kataku] (n, vs) pretext; pretense; pretence [Add to Longdo] | | 外連 | [けれん, keren] (n) playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense [Add to Longdo] | | 偽悪 | [ぎあく, giaku] (n) pretense of evil; pretence of evil [Add to Longdo] | | 虚像 | [きょぞう, kyozou] (n, adj-no) virtual image; pretense; pretence [Add to Longdo] | | 矯飾 | [きょうしょく, kyoushoku] (n, vs) affectation; pretense; pretence [Add to Longdo] | | 見せ掛け(P);見せかけ | [みせかけ, misekake] (n) seeming; pose; show; pretense; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
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