hypocritical
Adjective Satellite
- professing feelings or virtues one does not have
- "hypocritical praise"
Adj
- Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
two-faced
Scrabble Score: 24
hypocritical: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhypocritical: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hypocritical: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 26
hypocritical: valid Words With Friends Word