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put-on
Example Sentences
Her voice, in essence, sounds like a put-on version of a particularly technical rapper from the American South.
The first thing to know about King's personality is that it isn't a put-on for Fox News.
This was evidently no put-on apology for the occasion, and Wyndham, as he spoke, looked as penitent as his words.
It draws a share of the benefit, as it does the sympathy of those who are attracted by that well-put-on, appealing look.
And since her niece had come to live with her, this put-on sternness had increased.
"Some have, I believe," Anthony returned, with his well-put-on air of indifference.
"She's only china, and her hair's a put-on wig," said Agatha, with tears in her eyes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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