hypocritical
/hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/
hypocritical adjective: characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
Adjective
hypocritical (comparative more hypocritical, superlative most hypocritical)
- Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
- Near-synonyms: double-faced, two-faced, Janus-faced, duplicitous (these denote intentional deception)
- The British Empire was in a somewhat-hypocritical position when it came to slavery. Due to the fact that most other nations were at war with the Empire and the Royal Navy controlled the seas, most slavers were flying British flags. However, slavery in England had been banned hundreds of years...2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 1:33 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024
- Synonyms:
- double-faced, two-faced, Janus-faced, duplicitous
- Antonyms:
- nonhypocritical, unhypocritical
hypocritical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hypocritical in Hindi
- characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite
- ढोंगी ḍhoṅgī
hypocritical in Tamil
- போலியான, பொய்யகமான, கபட, பாசாங்கான
hypocritical in Urdu
- hypocritical, double standard
- منافقانہ munāfiqāna
hypocritical in Bengali
- hypocritical
- ভণ্ড bhonḍo
More languagesFewer languages
- hypocritical in Telugu
- దొంగ doṅga
- hypocritical in Malayalam
- ആത്മവഞ്ചകനായ, കപടനാട്യക്കാരനായ, കപടവേഷധാരിയായ, പുണ്യവാളനായിനടിക്കുന്ന
- hypocritical in Sinhala
- කුහක kuhaka
- hypocritical in Nepali
- पाखण्डपूर्ण
- hypocritical in Indonesian
- munafik
Examples of hypocritical in a sentence
- Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?
- And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.
- Anyone seen as being antipot is now considered to be ignorant, oppressive, and hypocritical.
Synonyms of hypocritical
Antonyms
Forms of hypocritical
| comparative | more hypocritical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hypocritical |
Origin of hypocritical
From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).
Words formed from hypocritical
Questions about hypocritical
- What does hypocritical mean?
- Hypocritical means characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
- What is hypocritical in Hindi?
- Hypocritical in Hindi is ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī). See Hypocritical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hypocritical?
- Hypocritical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hypocritical?
- Hypocritical is pronounced /hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/.
Words near hypocritical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypocritical (page history and authors); hypocritical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); منافقانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); ভণ্ড (Bengali) (page history and authors); దొంగ (Telugu) (page history and authors); hypocritical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); කුහක (Sinhala) (page history and authors); hypocritical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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