Synonyms for hypocrite


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hip-uh-krit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪp ə krɪt

Top 10 synonyms for hypocrite Other synonyms for the word hypocrite

Définition of hypocrite

Origin :
  • c.1200, ypocrite, from Old French ypocrite (12c., Modern French hypocrite), from Church Latin hypocrita, from Greek hypokrites "stage actor, pretender, dissembler," from hypokrinesthai (see hypocrisy).
  • noun person who pretends, is deceitful
Example sentences :
  • As she said all this, Hester felt like a hypocrite, remembering her own sins.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Every good deed that he has done is denounced as the act of a hypocrite.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • I will do the fellow the justice to say that he was not a hypocrite.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Every one who is not a hypocrite will own that it is exactly the contrary.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Please don't be a hypocrite any more, Jimmy, if you can help it.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • Only a hypocrite would say he went in because he wanted a drink.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Then, Clump-clump pretended to be so sweet, what a hypocrite!
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • I'm talkin' about that stuck-up, thievin' hypocrite of a Charlie Phillips, that's who I'm talkin' about.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He was glad to get home, nevertheless, where he need play the hypocrite no longer.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The man who says I were not justified in having killed him for it is a liar and a hypocrite.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
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