Synonyms for insincere
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-sin-seer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn sɪnˈsɪər |
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Définition of insincere
Origin :- 1620s (implied in insincerely), from Latin insincerus "not genuine, not pure, adulterated," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + sincerus (see sincere).
- adj dishonest, pretended
- This feeling was intensified by the belief that Swift, as a clergyman, was insincere.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- An insincere profession will be distinguished by partiality in its observances.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Was it not, perhaps, wise to have been insincere in such a matter?
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- He is a foreigner, with the soft, insincere ways that I cannot like nor trust.
- Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
- That the worshipper should be insincere in his worship was too dreadful to think of.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- The tear was real, and in all that he said there was not an insincere word.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- He is not insincere because he has not educated them all in a minute.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- Now, with an effort, he shrugged his shoulders and burst into insincere laughter.
- Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Can you think of him as insincere, as faithless, as selfish, as greedy for power?
- Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
- Jefferson shows that he was either ill-informed or insincere.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
Antonyms for insincere
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