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hypocritical

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hyp·o·crit·i·cal  (hp-krt-kl)
adj.
1. Characterized by hypocrisy: hypocritical praise.
2. Being a hypocrite: a hypocritical rogue.
hypo·criti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hypocritical - professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"
insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
hypocritical
adjective insincere, false, fraudulent, hollow, deceptive, spurious, two-faced, deceitful, sanctimonious, specious, duplicitous, dissembling, canting, Janus-faced, pharisaical, phoney or phony (informal)
Translations
hypocritical [hɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl] adj → hipócrita
hypocritical [hɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl] adj → hypocrite
hypocritical [hɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl] hypocrisy adj → heuchlerisch
hypocritical [hɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl] adj → ipocrita


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She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
We did not think it hypocritical to draw over our vagaries the curtain of a decent silence.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The children knew Levin very little, and could not remember when they had seen him, but they experienced in regard to him none of that strange feeling of shyness and hostility which children so often experience towards hypocritical, grown-up people, and for which they are so often and miserably punished.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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