playacting

ADJECTIVE

affected

Synonyms

STRONG

assumed contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked feigned imitated overdone pretended shallow sham simulated studied unnatural

WEAK

apish artificial awkward campy chichi conceited false fraudulent gone Hollywood hammy highfalutin hollow insincere la-di-da melodramatic ostentatious pedantic phony pompous precious pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious spurious stiff stilted superficial theatrical twee

Antonyms

STRONG

genuine natural real sincere true

WEAK

unchanged

ADJECTIVE

la-di-da

Synonyms

WEAK

apish artificial assumed awkward campy chichi conceited contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked false feigned fraud gone Hollywood ham hammy highfalutin hollow imitated insincere mannered melodramatic ostentatious overdone pedantic phony pompous precious pretended pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious shallow sham simulated spurious stiff stilted studied superficial theatrical unnatural

NOUN

make believe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

charade

STRONG

disguise dissimulation dream fakery fantasy imagination pageant pretense pretension pretentiousness sham

WEAK

fairy tale

Antonyms

STRONG

existence honesty reality substance truth

Example Sentences

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Playacting robbed me of the world and of human beings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Playacting, she remembers, was frowned on in that house.

From Time Magazine Archive