About The Word Hypocritical
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Hypocritical
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What's The Definition Of Hypocritical?
[adj] professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hypocritical: insincere Related Terms | Find terms related to Hypocritical: affected | alleged | ambidextrous | assumed | avowed | bland | canting | casuistic | claimed | counterfeited | deceitful | deceiving | deceptive | dishonest | dissembling | double | double-dealing | double-faced | doublehearted | double-minded | double-tongued | fake | faked | faking | false | feigned | feigning | glib | goody | goody-goody | holier-than-thou | hypocritic | in name only | insincere | left-handed | lying | mealymouthed | mendacious | moralistic | oily | ostensible | Pecksniffian | perfidious | pharisaic | pharisaical | pharisean | phony | pietistic | pious | pretended | pretending | pretexted | professed | purported | put-on | sanctified | sanctimonious | self-righteous | sham | simon-pure | simulated | smooth | smooth-spoken | smooth-tongued | sniveling | so-called | specious | spurious | Tartuffian | Tartuffish | treacherous | two-faced | unctuous | underhand | untrustworthy See Also | Hypocritical In Webster's Dictionary \Hyp`o*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
hypocritique.]
Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a
hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical
action.
Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific
intentions were not spared. --Macaulay.
-- {Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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