Pretense
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 19 crossword solutions for Pretense which appeared recently in The New York Times Crossword.
We have deemed Pretense as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "ACT".
Publications
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 21 Nov 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 21 Jan 2018
- The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 6 Oct 2017
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 20 Oct 2016
Crossword Answers
3 letters
ACT
Something that people do or cause to happen
4 letters
MASK
Activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"
SHAM
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
AIRS
Affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"
RUSE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
5 letters
PUTON
Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
GUISE
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
6 letters
FACADE
A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
7 letters
CHARADE
A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
PRETEXT
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
8 letters
FEIGNING
Pretending with intention to deceive
PRETENCE
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
10 letters
PRETENSION
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
PRETENDING
The act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
SIMULATION
The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
11 letters
DISSEMBLING
The act of deceiving
MAKEBELIEVE
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
17 letters
MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts