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hypocrite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissembler, dissimulator, phoney, phony, pretender |
| Type of | deceiver, slicker, cheat, trickster, cheater, beguiler |
| Has types | tartuffe, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre, charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, tartufe |
Examples of hypocrite
hypocrite
He was soft-hearted as a babe, but there was nothing of the hypocrite about him.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Hypocrite, I hear you screech to the writer, but such is an occupational hazard.
From the independent.co.uk
I see him as a sanctimonious hypocrite, political opportunist and double-crosser.
From the dailyherald.com
He does not, however, deserve to be labeled, in effect, a self-serving hypocrite.
From the post-gazette.com
McDonald's Argan is a hypocrite, who, you might say, lives to be on his deathbed.
From the sacbee.com
Anyway, Luke may yet prove a gold-grabbing hypocrite and be hoodwinked himself.
From the independent.co.uk
Scalia should be given 3 bunny points for being honest about being a hypocrite.
From the economist.com
All my life, I have been a solid, working-class, anti-hypocrite American citizen.
From the kentucky.com
If you don't stop your car driving evil habits, you are a pernicious hypocrite.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- (hypocritical) professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"
- Hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that one does not actually have. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a kind of lie.
- Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]
- (HYPOCRITES) (Greek for "One who plays a part"): The classical Athenian word for an actor. Not to be confused with Hippocrates, the physician who founded the hippocratic oath. Nor should the term be confused with the plural of English "hypocrite."
- (hypocrites) people who say they believe one thing but actually believe in the opposite
- (Hypocritical) Not practising what you preach.
- (hypocritical) (adj) - pretending to be virtuous, deceiving
- To dream that anyone has acted the hypocrite with you, you will be turned over to your enemies by false friends. To dream that you are a hypocrite, denotes that you will prove yourself a deceiver and be false to friends.
