Antonyms for hypocritical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hip-uh-krit-i-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˌhɪp əˈkrɪt ɪ kəl

Definition of hypocritical

Origin : 1540s (implied in hypocritically), from hypocritic, which was used in the same sense, + -al (1). Middle English used simple hypocrite as the adjective (c.1400) as well as the noun.

adj deceitful, pretending

Example sentences :

"Don't be hypocritical, Judge," said the General reprovingly.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Sympathy in him there was none, and he could not make a hypocritical show of any.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

She shall not come between me and happiness with her soft and hypocritical ways!
Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith

He grew cunning and hypocritical, and could do nothing that was not false in reality or appearance.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

"I am your guest, sir," said he, with a most hypocritical air of deference and courtesy.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

On one was a satire on the hypocritical rapacity of perfidious Albion.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

She was neither so young nor so hypocritical as to pretend that these things were to be despised.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

It was another manifestation of hypocritical sanctimoniousness.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

Above all, I am one who hates all falsehood, all hypocritical show.
Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

Do we belong to Him, or are we false, hypocritical children of the Evil One?
Extract from : « Three Years on the Plains » by Edmund B. Tuttle

Synonyms for hypocritical

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