Act
Act verb - To give the impression of being.
Usage example: always acting helpless, just to get attention
Come off as and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Come off as" instead a verb "Act".
Come off as
Come off as verb - To give the impression of being.
Usage example: she is an intelligent debater, but she can sometimes come off as arrogant
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Synonyms for Come off as
Act and come off as are semantically related. You can use "Act" instead a verb phrase "Come off as".
Both terms in one sentence
- The came the US remake of Shameless where she not only proved she could act her ass off but somehow managed to come off as a better actor than William H. Macy.
Source: Sugar Wiki / He Really Can Act - Yet the animations for it and some of the voice acting come off as narmy and act as nightmare retadants.
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Wonderstone and Marvelton seem to come off as this trope, just like the act they are parodying, Seigfried and Roy.
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