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hypocritical
What does hypocritical mean?
hypocritical (adjective): professing feelings or virtues one does not have.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use hypocritical in a sentence?
- Hypocritical praise. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce hypocritical?
/ˌhɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hypocritical come from?
From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to hypocritical
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities
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professing feelings or virtues one does not have
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native to a land, especially before colonization
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connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
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