English-Thai Dictionary

hypocrite

N ผู้ เสแสร้ง  phu-sea-sang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HYPOCRITE

n. 1. One who feigns to be what he is not; one who has the form of godliness without the power, or who assumes an appearance of piety and virtue, when he is destitute of true religion.
And the hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job 8:13.
2. A dissembler; one who assumes a false appearance.
Fair hypocrite, you seek to cheat in vain.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPOCRITE

Hyp "o *crite, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. Hypocrisy. ]

 

Defn: One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.

 

HYPOCRITELY

HYPOCRITELY Hyp "o *crite *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Hypocritically. [R.] Sylvester.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hypocrite

hyp o crite |ˈhipəˌkrit ˈhɪpəˌkrɪt | ▶noun a person who indulges in hypocrisy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French ypocrite, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek hupokritēs ‘actor, ’ from hupokrinesthai (see hypocrisy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

hypocrite

hypo |crite |ˈhɪpəkrɪt | ▶noun a hypocritical person. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French ypocrite, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek hupokritēs ‘actor ’, from hupokrinesthai (see hypocrisy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hypocrite

hypocrite noun I've been made to feel inadequate my whole life by someone who turns out to be a total hypocrite: pretender, dissembler, deceiver, liar, pietist, sanctimonious person, plaster saint; informal phony, fraud, sham, fake.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hypocrite

hypocrite noun he condemned her as superficial and a hypocrite: sanctimonious person, pietist, whited sepulchre, plaster saint, humbug, pretender, deceiver, dissembler, impostor; informal phoney, Holy Willie; Brit. informal creeping Jesus; N. Amer. informal bluenose; rare Pharisee, Tartuffe, Pecksniff, canter.

 

French Dictionary

hypocrite

hypocrite adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui a de l ’hypocrisie, qui est sournois. : Un sourire hypocrite. SYNONYME faux . ANTONYME franc ; loyal ; sincère . Note Orthographique h y pocr i te.

 

hypocritement

hypocritement adv. adverbe De façon hypocrite. : Des concurrents sont venus hypocritement recueillir des renseignements sur les produits de cette entreprise.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hypocrite

hyp o crite /hɪ́pəkrɪt / (! hy-は /hɪ /; 強勢は第1音節 ) 名詞 C 偽善者, 猫かぶり ▸ play the hypocrite 猫をかぶる