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The synonyms of “Hypocritical” are: sanctimonious, pious, pietistic, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, superior, insincere, specious, feigned, pretended, hollow, false
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hypocritical” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| false | Used in names of plants animals and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called e g false oat. A false passport. |
| feigned | Simulated or pretended; insincere. Her eyes widened with feigned shock. |
| holier-than-thou | Excessively or hypocritically pious. |
| hollow | As if echoing in a hollow space. A hollow promise. |
| insincere | Lacking sincerity. She flashed him an insincere smile. |
| pietistic | Of or relating to Pietism. |
| pious | Dutiful or loyal, especially towards one’s parents. A deeply pious woman. |
| pretended | Not genuine; assumed. A pretended interest. |
| sanctimonious | Excessively or hypocritically pious. What happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first. |
| self-righteous | Excessively or hypocritically pious. |
| specious | Superficially plausible, but actually wrong. A specious argument. |
| superior | Of high or superior quality or performance. An ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades. |
| adulation | Excessive admiration or praise. He found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans. |
| ambidextrous | Able to use the right and left hands equally well. An ambidextrous tile gauge. |
| corruptible | Capable of being corrupted. Corruptible judges. |
| deceitful | Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. She was a deceitful scheming little thing. |
| deceptive | Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true. He put the question with deceptive casualness. |
| dishonest | Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. He gave the editor a dishonest account of events. |
| disingenuous | Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness. An ambitious disingenuous philistine and hypocritical operator who exemplified the most disagreeable traits of his time. |
| exaggerated | Enlarged to an abnormal degree. An exaggerated account of his adventures. |
| factitious | Not produced by natural forces. A largely factitious national identity. |
| fake | (of a person) claiming to be something that one is not. Fake designer clothing. |
| fallacious | Intended to deceive. Fallacious reasoning. |
| fawning | Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious. Fawning interviews with Hollywood celebs. |
| feigned | Simulated or pretended; insincere. Feigned sympathy. |
| flattery | Excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one’s own interests. She allowed no hint of flattery to enter her voice. |
| fraudulent | Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. Fraudulent psychics. |
| gaudy | Tastelessly showy. A gaudy costume. |
| insincere | Lacking sincerity. She flashed him an insincere smile. |
| mendacious | Not telling the truth; lying. Mendacious propaganda. |
| mendacity | Untruthfulness. People publicly castigated for past mendacity. |
| meretricious | Tastelessly showy. Meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade. |
| obsequious | Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. They were served by obsequious waiters. |
| pretentious | Intended to attract notice and impress others. A pretentious scholarly edition. |
| smarmy | Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. Smarmy self importance. |
| specious | Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. The music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty. |
| unconscionable | Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation. Shareholders have had to wait an unconscionable time for the facts to be established. |
| unfaithful | Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. An unfaithful reproduction. |
| unreliable | Not able to be relied upon. In the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable. |
| untrue | Not true to an obligation or trust. Is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty. |
| untrustworthy | Not worthy of trust or belief. These untrustworthy impressions were instinctive. |
| venal | Capable of being corrupted. A venal police officer. |
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