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Synonyms for hypocritical
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  1. hypocritical

    Synonyms:
    pharisaical, sanctimonious, smug, smooth, mealy, unctuous, mincing

    Antonyms:
    plain-spoken, candid, truthful, sincere, genuine, transparent

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  1. hypocriticaladjective

    professing feelings or virtues one does not have

    "hypocritical praise"

    Antonyms:
    sincere

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  1. hypocriticaladjective

    Synonyms:
    pharisaical, canting, sanctimonious

  2. hypocriticaladjective

    Synonyms:
    dissembling, insincere, false, hollow

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  1. hypocriticaladjective

    Synonyms:
    pharisaical, canting, dissembling, sanctimonious, insincere

    Antonyms:
    sincere, unfeigned, undissembling, ingenuous

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  1. List of paraphrases for "hypocritical":

    hypocrite, hypocrisy, sanctimonious, two-faced, disingenuous, pious, sham

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#7137lying
#15352fraudulent
#20014sham
#21506hypocrisy
#27285dishonest
#30218untrue
#32203pious
#32281faithless
#37389treacherous
#38412hypocritical
#40826unscrupulous
#41277smug
#44043hypocrite
#50824unfaithful
#55524deceitful
#60164disingenuous
#91170mealy
#103880sanctimonious
#108620mincing
#118674traitorous
#128190perfidious
#171371unctuous
#174612mendacious

How to use hypocritical in a sentence?

  1. Panos Kammenos:

    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.

  2. Anna Marriott:

    It seems quite hypocritical.

  3. Robert Speel:

    It’ll be interesting to see if voters turn against the Republican Party, seeing them as hypocritical.

  4. Frank Lloyd Wright:

    Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change.

  5. David Frank:

    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!


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