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Meanings of hypocrite in English
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
Usage of hypocrite in English
1
And for those that attend the hypocrite, in general they are these.
2
But he made himself a hypocrite; and that he found much easier.
3
What a shameless hypocrite! I had to admit, they made a point.
4
I also played the hypocrite, and frequented the conferences of Saint Lazarus.
5
The lady on this occasion acted finely the part of a hypocrite.
6
I never could act the hypocrite, and the lady was not satisfied.
7
When you talk in that style I feel like an arrant hypocrite.
8
The hypocrite wanted to catch the fever, but he was too old.
9
The England of Chaucer, the England of Shakespeare, assuredly was not hypocrite.
10
One of them was a drunkard, and the other was a hypocrite.
11
Elaborate study here was requisite, not for the orator, but the hypocrite.
12
He kicked Rodolphe out and called him a rascal and a hypocrite.
13
Further, the intention of a hypocrite is to appear to be good.
14
He has been depicted as hypocrite and plotter against his rightful sovereign.
15
Were he other than hypocrite I would send him about his business.
16
He believed him a hypocrite, and as such despised and abhorred him.
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Hypocrite across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common