hypocritical


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hypocritical

falsely claiming feelings; being deceptive: I do not appreciate your hypocritical praise.
Not to be confused with:
hypercritical – excessively critical: He is hypercritical with his students.
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hyp·o·crit·i·cal

 (hĭp′ə-krĭt′ĭ-kəl)
adj.
1. Characterized by hypocrisy: hypocritical praise.
2. Being a hypocrite: a hypocritical rogue.
hyp′o·crit′i·cal·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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hypocritical

adjective insincere, false, fraudulent, hollow, deceptive, spurious, two-faced, deceitful, sanctimonious, specious, duplicitous, dissembling, canting, Janus-faced, pharisaical, phoney or phony (informal) It seems hypocritical to pay someone to do the dirty work for me.
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hypocritical

adjective
Of or practicing hypocrisy:
Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, phony, sanctimonious, two-faced.
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Translations
رِيائي، نِفاقي
pokrytecký
hyklerisk
hræsnisfullur; uppgerîar-
hinavski

hypocritical

[ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl] ADJ → hipócrita
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hypocritical

[ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl] adj → hypocrite
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hypocritical

adj, hypocritically
adv → heuchlerisch, scheinheilig
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hypocritical

[ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪk/əl] adj → ipocrita
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hypocrisy

(hiˈpokrəsi) noun
the act or state of pretending to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have.
hypocrite (ˈhipəkrit) noun
a person who is guilty of hypocrisy.
ˌhypoˈcritical (hipəˈkri-) adjective
ˌhypoˈcritically adverb
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