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Synonyms for hypocritical
hyp·o·crit·i·cal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
hypocritical
Synonyms:
deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, faithless, false, fraudulent, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrueAntonyms:
candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
hypocritical
Synonyms:
pharisaical, sanctimonious, smug, smooth, mealy, unctuous, mincingAntonyms:
plain-spoken, candid, truthful, sincere, genuine, transparent
Princeton's WordNet
hypocriticaladjective
professing feelings or virtues one does not have
"hypocritical praise"
Antonyms:
sincere
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hypocriticaladjective
Synonyms:
pharisaical, canting, sanctimonioushypocriticaladjective
Synonyms:
dissembling, insincere, false, hollow
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hypocriticaladjective
Synonyms:
pharisaical, canting, dissembling, sanctimonious, insincereAntonyms:
sincere, unfeigned, undissembling, ingenuous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hypocritical":
hypocrite, hypocrisy, sanctimonious, two-faced, disingenuous, pious, sham
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2392 | false | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#7137 | lying | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#20014 | sham | |
#21506 | hypocrisy | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#32203 | pious | |
#32281 | faithless | |
#37389 | treacherous | |
#38412 | hypocritical | |
#40826 | unscrupulous | |
#41277 | smug | |
#44043 | hypocrite | |
#50824 | unfaithful | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#60164 | disingenuous | |
#91170 | mealy | |
#103880 | sanctimonious | |
#108620 | mincing | |
#118674 | traitorous | |
#128190 | perfidious | |
#171371 | unctuous | |
#174612 | mendacious |
How to use hypocritical in a sentence?
I asked for Mouzalas to resign on his own, to protect the government and leave, the effort to weaken the minister, who struggles every day to handle the refugee crisis, is irresponsible and hypocritical, particularly ahead of the upcoming EU leaders summit.
It seems quite hypocritical.
It’ll be interesting to see if voters turn against the Republican Party, seeing them as hypocritical.
Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change.
It is not hypocritical to use fossil fuels in order to try to get ourselves off of fossil fuels, particularly since this is simply unavoidable!
Translations for hypocritical
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- skynheiligAfrikaans
- منافقArabic
- hipòcritaCatalan, Valencian
- pokryteckýCzech
- heuchlerischGerman
- hipokritaEsperanto
- mochoSpanish
- tekopyhäFinnish
- hypocriteFrench
- dà-aodannachScottish Gaelic
- צבועHebrew
- ipocritaItalian
- ngutukau, areroruaMāori
- hypocriet, schijnheiligDutch
- skinnhellig, hyklete, tilgjortNorwegian
- hipócritaPortuguese
- ipocritRomanian
- ханжеский, лицемерныйRussian
- skenhelig, hycklandeSwedish
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