insincere (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def lacking sincerity
examples a charming but thoroughly insincere woman
their praise was extravagant and insincere
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Also see counterfeit, imitative; dishonest, dishonorable; disingenuous, artful; false; unreal
Attribute sincerity
Derivationally related form insincere → insincerity
Antonym insincere → sincere
Similar to bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish; buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous; dissimulative; false; feigned; gilded, meretricious, specious; hypocritical; plausible
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Also see counterfeit, imitative; dishonest, dishonorable; disingenuous, artful; unreal; false
Antonym sincere → insincere
Similar to bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish; buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous; dissimulative; false; feigned; gilded, meretricious, specious; hypocritical; plausible
Derived from adjective insincerely → insincere
Attribute sincerity
Derivationally related form hollowness → insincere
Derivationally related form insincerity → insincere

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