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| | pretense | (พรีเทนซฺ') n. = pretence (ดู) | | pretension | (พรีเทน'เชิน) n. การเรียกร้อง, การอ้างสิทธิ, ข้ออ้าง, การอวดอ้าง, มารยา |
| | pretense | (n) ข้ออ้าง, มารยา, การแกล้งทำ, การเสแสร้ง | | pretension | (n) การเรียกร้องสิทธิ์, การอ้างสิทธิ์, การอวดอ้าง, มารยา |
| | 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 | | ยศอย่าง | [yot yāng] (n, exp) EN: standing on one's dignity ; snobbery ; arrogance ; hauteur ; presumption ; pretension ; pomposity ; snootiness |
| | | | | pretense | (n) the act of giving a false appearance, Syn. pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning, Example: his conformity was only pretending | | pretense | (n) pretending with intention to deceive, Syn. dissembling, pretence, feigning | | pretense | (n) imaginative intellectual play, Syn. make-believe, pretence | | pretension | (n) a false or unsupportable quality, Syn. pretence, pretense | | pretension | (n) the advancing of a claim, Example: his pretension to the crown; the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort |
| | 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 ] | | Pretension | n. [ Cf. F. prétention. See Pretend, Tension. ] 1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. [ 1913 Webster ] The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship. [ 1913 Webster ] This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 矫揉造作 | [jiǎo róu zào zuò, ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄡˊ ㄗㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ, 矫 揉 造 作 / 矯 揉 造 作] pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs #64,009 [Add to Longdo] |
| | 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] | | 気どり;気取り | [きどり, kidori] (n) affectation; pretension [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] |
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