Hindi
ढकोसला सं
Conjugation
ढकोसले, ढकोसलोँ, ढकोसलों.
Synonyms
अभिनय, आटोप, आड़, आडंबर, ऊपरीपन, ऊपरी रूप, ऊपरी लबादा, कपट, चरित्तर, चलित्तर, छद्म, छल, ज़ाहिरदारी, जीवन मेँ अभिनय, झूमड़ झामड़, ढंढस, ढकोसला, ढचर, ढचरा, ढट्ढा, दंभ, दिखलावा, दिखाने के दाँत, दिखाव, दिखावट, दिखावटीपन, दिखावटी रूप, दिखावटी व्यवहार, दिखावा, दिखौआ, देखौआ, धोखे की टट्टी, नाटक, नाटकबाज़ी, नुमाइश, पाखंड, पोज़, प्रपंच, बनावट, बनावटीपन, मक्कर, मक्कारी, मिस, मुखौटा, मुलम्मा, रया, रिया, रूप, लिफ़ाफ़ा, वर्ण, शो, शोबदा, संवृति, स्वाँग, हवा.
Similar Concepts
औपचारिकता, छद्मवेश, दावते समरक़ंद, दिखावटी आँसू, दिखावा, पाखंड, पाखंड.
Opposite Concepts
पाखंडहीनता.
English
pretence n
Conjugation
pretences.
Synonyms
act, affectation, affectedness, air, appearance, artificial position, assumption, blatancy, bunkum, camouflage, charade, cloak, deception, disguise, dissembling, dissimulation, dramatics, exterior, fabrication, facade, face, false guise, falsehood, falseness, false show, formalism, fraud, front, gilding, gimcrackery, gloss, histrionics, hoax, hokum, hypocritical act, image, imposition, look, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misleading appearance, misrepresentation, phoniness, pose, pretence, pretense, pretension, profession, put-on, quackery, semblance, sham, show, simulation, smoke screen, subterfuge, vanity, vaunting, veneer, view, window dressing.
Similar Concepts
crocodile tears, disguise, feast a la Samarqand, formality, hypocrisy, ostentation.
Opposite Concepts
unpretentiousness.
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