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Insincere Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insincere? [adj] lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insincere: bootlicking \| buttery \| dissembling \| dissimulating \| dissimulative \| false \| fawning \| feigned \| fulsome \| gilded \| hollow \| hypocritical \| meretricious \| obsequious \| oily \| oleaginous \| smarmy \| specious \| sycophantic \| toadyish \| unctuous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insincere: adulatory \| affected \| ambidextrous \| apparently sound \| artful \| artificial \| bland \| blandishing \| blarneying \| buttery \| cajoling \| calculating \| canting \| casuistic \| colorable \| complimentary \| courtierly \| courtly \| crafty \| crooked \| cunning \| deceitful \| deceptive \| dishonest \| disingenuous \| dissembling \| double \| double-dealing \| duplicitous \| empty \| evasive \| fair-spoken \| faithless \| fallacious \| false \| falsehearted \| fawning \| fine-spoken \| flattering \| forsworn \| foxy \| fulsome \| goody \| goody-goody \| gushing \| histrionic \| holier-than-thou \| hollow \| honeyed \| honey-mouthed \| honey-tongued \| hypocritical \| illusive \| insinuating \| jesuitic \| la-di-da \| lying \| Machiavellian \| maniere \| mannered \| mealymouthed \| mendacious \| obsequious \| oily \| oily-tongued \| overacted \| overdone \| overrefined \| oversubtle \| perfidious \| perjured \| pharisaic \| philosophistic \| pietistic \| pious \| plausible \| pretentious \| sanctified \| sanctimonious \| scheming \| self-righteous \| shifty \| slick \| slimy \| slippery \| slobbery \| sly \| smarmy \| smooth \| smooth-spoken \| smooth-tongued \| sniveling \| soapy \| soft-soaping \| sophistic \| sophistical \| specious \| stagy \| sycophantic \| Tartuffian \| Tartuffish \| theatrical \| tongue in cheek \| treacherous \| tricky \| two-faced \| uncandid \| unctuous \| underhanded \| unfrank \| ungenuine \| unnatural \| unserious \| unsincere \| untruthful \| vulpine \| wheedling \| wily See Also \| artful \| counterfeit \| dishonest \| dishonorable \| disingenuous \| imitative \| unreal Insincere In Webster's Dictionary \In`sin*cere"\, a. [L. insincerus. See {In-} not, and {Sincere}.] 1. Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations. 2. Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [Obs.] To render sleep's soft blessings insincere. --Pope. Syn: Dissembling; hollow; hypocritical; deceptive deceitful; false; disingenuous; untrustworthy.

Insincere Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insincere?

[adj] lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

Insincere In Webster's Dictionary

\In`sin*cere"\, a. [L. insincerus. See {In-} not, and
{Sincere}.]
1. Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere;
   dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false;
   -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as,
   insincere declarations.

2. Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [Obs.]

         To render sleep's soft blessings insincere. --Pope.

Syn: Dissembling; hollow; hypocritical; deceptive deceitful;
     false; disingenuous; untrustworthy.

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