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hypocrite
noun as in person who pretends, is deceitful
Strong matches
actor, backslider, bluffer, casuist, cheat, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, four-flusher, fraud, humbug, informer, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, pharisee, poser, pretender, quack, smoothie, sophist, swindler, two-timer
Weak matches
attitudinizer, con artist, lip server, two-face, wolf in sheep's clothing
Example Sentences
Being a huge phony doesn't necessarily make you a bad person or a hypocrite; it means you’re just playing the game with hopes of making it to the next level.
How do we use the teachings of Jesus against those who claim his name but show themselves as hypocrites when it comes to his teachings and actions?
However, instead of undermining Rogan, whose audience continues to grow, the legacy media have discredited themselves as hypocrites.
On 17 January 2022, he wrote: "The only thing we should fear is that we will surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves, and hypocrites."
He then observed how he has been called a hypocrite because he previously supported protesting against the Vietnam War.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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