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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2hypocritical — index dishonest, disingenuous, evasive, faithless, false (disloyal), insidious, machiavellian, pe …

    Law dictionary

  • 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 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 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,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5hypocritical — hypocritical, hypercritical see hyper , hypo …

    Modern English usage

  • 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 …

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  • 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) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 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… …

    English dictionary

  • 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. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 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… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English