hypocritical
1Hypocritical — Hyp o*crit ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. hypocritique.] Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action. [1913 Webster] Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific… …
2hypocritical — index dishonest, disingenuous, evasive, faithless, false (disloyal), insidious, machiavellian, pe …
3hypocritical — 1540s (implied in hypocritically), from HYPOCRITIC (Cf. hypocritic), which was used in the same sense, + AL (Cf. al) (1). Middle English used simple hypocrite as the adjective (c.1400) as well as the noun …
4hypocritical — sanctimonious, Pharisaical, canting (see under HYPOCRISY) Analogous words: unctuous, oily, slick, *fulsome: feigned, affected, assumed, simulated, shammed, counterfeited, pretended (see ASSUME) Contrasted words: genuine, veritable, bona fide,… …
5hypocritical — hypocritical, hypercritical see hyper , hypo …
6hypocritical — [adj] deceitful, pretending affected, artificial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, feigning, fishy*, fraudulent, glib, hollow, insincere, jivey …
7hypocritical — adj. 1) hypocritical about 2) hypocritical to + inf. (it was hypocritical of her to make the offer) * * * [ˌhɪpə krɪtɪk(ə)l] hypocritical about hypocritical to + inf. (it was hypocritical of her to make the offer) …
8hypocritical — [[t]hɪ̱pəkrɪ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you accuse someone of being hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph… …
9hypocritical — hyp·o·crit·i·cal (hĭp ə krĭtʹĭ kəl) adj. 1. Characterized by hypocrisy: hypocritical praise. 2. Being a hypocrite: a hypocritical rogue. hyp o·critʹi·cal·ly adv. * * * …
10hypocritical — hyp|o|crit|i|cal [ˌhıpəˈkrıtıkəl] adj behaving in a way that is different from what you claim to believe used to show disapproval ≠ ↑sincere it s hypocritical (of sb) to do sth ▪ It s hypocritical of these universities to call their football… …
