hypocritical

English - Turkish

Definition of hypocritical in English Turkish dictionary

{s} iki yüzlü

Tom çok iki yüzlüydü. - Tom was very hypocritical.

Ben iki yüzlü toplumlardan nefret ediyorum. - I hate hypocritical communities.

ikiyüzlü

Tom kesinlikle ikiyüzlü. - Tom certainly is hypocritical.

Birçok insan ikiyüzlüdür. - A lot of people are hypocritical.

(sıfat) iki yüzlü

Related Terms

hypocritical, sanctimonious

Sofu ikiyüzlü

hypocritical, sanctimonious, pious

Sofu, dindar ikiyüzlü

hypocritically

ikiyüzlü bir şekilde

English - English

Definition of hypocritical in English English dictionary

Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite

{a} dissembling, insincere, false

Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action

disapproval If you accuse someone of being hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph simply because that is the law sincere. behaving in a way that is different from what you claim to believe - used to show disapproval   sincere it's hypocritical (of sb) to do sth

professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

{s} insincere, duplicitous, false, two-faced

professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise

falsefaced

Related Terms

hypocrit

{n} a dissembler, a deceitful person

hypocritically

{a} without due sincerity, falsely

Hypocritically

hypocritely

hypocritically

in a hypocritical manner

hypocritically

in a hypocritical manner; "he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching"

hypocritically

insincerely, in a duplicitous manner, falsely

hypocritically

in a hypocritical manner; "he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching

Hyphenation

hyp·o·cri·ti·cal

Turkish pronunciation

hîpıkrîtîkıl

Synonyms

affected, artificial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false

Antonyms

actual, authentic, forthright, honest, just, real, reliable, righteous, sincere, truthful, upright

Pronunciation

/ˌhəpəˈkrətəkəl/ /ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl/

Etymology

() From hypocritic + -al ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikos) ὑποκριτής (hupokritēs, “actor, hypocrite”) ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrinomai, “I play a part on stage”) ὑπό (hupo, “below”) + κρίνω (krinō, “I choose”).