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hypocritical
Part of speech: AdjectiveAssuming a false and deceitful appearance.
Usage examples "hypocritical":- In that event, England would have shed hypocritical tears over the necessary violation of international law, while concealing a laughing face behind the mask. - "The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife", Edward Carpenter.
- They are hypocritical and false and cruel. - "Kent Knowles: Quahaug", Joseph C. Lincoln.
- Though hypocritical, he was, as we have before said, a most sincere believer. - "Alice, or The Mysteries, Book X", Edward Bulwer Lytton.