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hypocritical

/hɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəl/ adjective C1
  1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. · Near-synonyms: double-faced, two-faced, Janus-faced, duplicitous (these denote intentional deception)
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Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 31 · B2
She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 4 · B2
“No, that I am sure I shall not: and I think it was very impertinent of him to write to you at all, and very hypocritical.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 68 · B2
Morrel hesitated for a moment; he feared it would be hypocritical to accost in a friendly manner the man whom he was tacitly opposing, but his oath and the gravity of the circumstances recurred to his memory; he struggled to conceal his emotion and bowed to Franz.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 754 · C1

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