dishonest, untruthful, hypocritical
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Insincere Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
(a.)
Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDisappointing; imperfect; unsound.
insincere
\in`sin*cere"\ (?), a. [l. insincerus. see in- not, and sincere.]
1. not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
2. disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [obs.] to render sleep's soft blessings insincere.
Adjective
1. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
(antonym) sincere
(similar) bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
(see-also) counterfeit, imitative
(attribute) sincerity
Insincere Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Sincerity is the virtue of one who speaks and acts truly about his or her own feelings, thoughts, and desires.
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