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| | pretence | (พรีเทนซ', พรี'เทนซฺ) n. การแสร้งทำ, การอวดอ้าง, มารยา, ความหลอกลวง, การอ้างสิทธิ. |
| | pretence | (n) ข้ออ้าง, มารยา, การแกล้งทำ, การเสแสร้ง |
| | | | การเสแสร้ง | (n) pretence, See also: feint, sham, simulation, affectation, deception, Syn. การลวง, การแสร้งทำ, การแกล้งทำ, Example: การเสแสร้งของหล่อนทำให้เขาตายใจ, Thai Definition: การแกล้งทำให้เข้าใจเป็นอื่น |
| | | 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 | | Pretenceless | n., a., a. See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Pretenceful, Pretence |
| | 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] | | 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] | | 欺罔 | [きもう;きぼう;ぎもう(ok), kimou ; kibou ; gimou (ok)] (n, vs) deception; defrauding someone; fooling someone; swindling; false pretences [Add to Longdo] | | 虚像 | [きょぞう, kyozou] (n, adj-no) virtual image; pretense; pretence [Add to Longdo] | | 侠客;俠客(oK) | [きょうかく;きょうきゃく, kyoukaku ; kyoukyaku] (n) (See 渡世人, 男伊達・1, 町奴) self-styled humanitarian; chivalrous person; persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling [Add to Longdo] | | 矯飾 | [きょうしょく, kyoushoku] (n, vs) affectation; pretense; pretence [Add to Longdo] |
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