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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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2392false
#3880smooth
#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. Cynthia Deitle:

    We find it interesting and hypocritical that( Barr) would invite us to this event commemorating a hate crime law named after our son and Mr. Byrd, while at the same time asking the Supreme Court to allow the legalized firing of transgender employees.

  2. Hugh Dugan:

    On the surface, to the guy in the street, it looks very hypocritical with this organization giving a podium to that regime, what I sense now is a very large number of U.N. members, and not only European members, really feel that this is highlighting some fundamental dysfunctions and some fundamental anachronisms in how the U.N. works and when hopefully the immediate drama of the war is over, we’re going to hear a lot of talk about U.N. reform, although I don't know what that will really deliver at the end of the day.

  3. Hank Sheinkopf:

    Is there an irony here because he spoke incessantly about the income gap and is now earning from those same people he criticized? Yes it is, should we expect it? Yes, we should because all former presidents do this. He went on the attack against Wall Street and now he’s being fed by those same people he called ‘fat cats’. It’s more hypocritical than ironic.

  4. Camille Paglia:

    Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it. Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.

  5. Stone Fish:

    It’s very hypocritical in the sense that Hollywood likes to position itself as a bastion of liberalism but has completely erased Tibetans from its films and from its representation.


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