'Hypocritical' definitions:
Definition of 'hypocritical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"
Definition of 'Hypocritical'
From: GCIDE
- Hypocritical \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 intentions were not spared. --Macaulay. -- {Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hypocritical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- alleged,
- ambidextrous,
- assumed,
- avowed,
- bland,
- canting,
- casuistic,
- claimed,
- counterfeited,
- deceitful,
- deceiving,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- dissembling,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- double-minded,
- double-tongued,
- doublehearted,
- fake,
- faked,
- faking,
- false,
- feigned,
- feigning,
- glib,
- goody,
- goody-goody,
- holier-than-thou,
- hypocritic,
- in name only,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- lying,
- mealymouthed,
- mendacious,
- moralistic,
- oily,
- ostensible,
- Pecksniffian,
- pecksniffian,
- perfidious,
- pharisaic,
- pharisaical,
- pharisean,
- phony,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- pretended,
- pretending,
- pretexted,
- professed,
- purported,
- put-on,
- sanctified,
- sanctimonious,
- self-righteous,
- sham,
- simon-pure,
- simulated,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- sniveling,
- so-called,
- specious,
- spurious,
- Tartuffian,
- Tartuffish,
- treacherous,
- two-faced,
- unctuous,
- underhand,
- untrustworthy