单词 | insincere |
释义 | insincereadj. 1. Not sincere or genuine; assuming a false guise in speech or conduct; dissembling, disingenuous. Said of persons and their actions or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [adjective] unwholea1352 unsincere1577 insincere1634 uningenious1638 uningenuous1638 disingenuous1648 disingenious1661 uncandid1771 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > disingenuous or insincere unwholea1352 unsincere1577 insincere1634 uningenious1638 uningenuous1638 disingenuous1648 disingenious1661 uncandid1771 fake1942 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adjective] feignedc1374 unplaina1393 hollowa1529 hollow-hearted1549 foul1550 unsincere1577 insincere1634 unsound1714 lip-deep1802 lip-born1872 phoney1951 pseud1962 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 251 We are perswaded, they are meerely their owne dreames, purposely taken up, to countenance by them, if they could, their insincere walking. 1674 A. Marvell Let. 5 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 332 Things stand as I heare but ticklish & insincere betwixt us and Holland. a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 83 Alternate Smiles and Frowns both insincere. 1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 12 You make them a close, reserved, insincere deceitful people. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 564 The King..was never much inclined to engage in a commerce of insincere compliments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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