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hypocritical
adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
Fuzzynyms (34)
artificial, unreal
adj. contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
mock
adj. constituting a copy or imitation of something; "boys in mock battle"
inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
adj. intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
sham, pseudo, put on, assumed, feigned, fictitious, pretended
adj. adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
deceptive, delusory
adj. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
misleading, deceitful, deceptive, fraudulent
adj. intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
empty
adj. having nothing inside; "an empty sphere"
pat, slick, glib
adj. having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
flattering
adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"
satin, slick, sleek, glossy, satiny, silken, silky
adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
artificial, contrived, stilted
adj. artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
Synonyms (9)
counterfeit, imitative
adj. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable
adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
artful, disingenuous
adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
false
adj. not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
unreal
adj. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
Antonyms (14)
sincere
adj. open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
dear, earnest, devout, heartfelt
adj. earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences"
frank, genuine
adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
genuine
adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
real, existent
adj. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
serious
adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"
earnest, sincere, in earnest
adj. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
insincere
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