Definitions for hypocrite

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hypocrite hyp·o·crite

Spelling: [hip-uh-krit]

IPA: /ˈhɪp ə krɪt/

Hypocrite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 496 anagrams from letters in hypocrite (cehioprty).

Definitions for hypocrite

noun

1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

Origin of hypocrite

1175-1225; Middle English ipocrite Old French Late Latin hypocrita Greek hypokritḗs a stage actor, hence one who pretends to be what he is not, equivalent to hypokrī́(nesthai) (see Examples for hypocrite

I will do the fellow the justice to say that he was not a hypocrite.

Please don't be a hypocrite any more, Jimmy, if you can help it.

As she said all this, Hester felt like a hypocrite, remembering her own sins.

Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton is a dangerous man and a hypocrite.

Does wildlife campaigner Prince Charles's hunting habit make him a hypocrite?

Every one who is not a hypocrite will own that it is exactly the contrary.

Therefore, if a liberal makes too much money advocating on behalf of the poor, she or he becomes a hypocrite.

Every good deed that he has done is denounced as the act of a hypocrite.

Your criticism of me as a hypocrite is lame, weak and not really thought out.

If not, you'll be seen as a hypocrite and as a known Christian, heap shame on the Gospel.