What is "insincere" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does insincere mean in English? Meaning of insincere definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "insincere" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "insincere": lacking sincerity

Adjective

  • Meaning: lacking sincerity
  • Example: a charming but thoroughly insincere woman their praise was extravagant and insincere
  • Synonyms: insincere
  • Antonyms: sincere
  • Similar: bootlicking buttery dissimulative false fawning feigned fulsome gilded hypocritical meretricious obsequious oily oleaginous plausible smarmy soapy specious sycophantic toadyish unctuous
  • Also see: artful counterfeit dishonest dishonorable disingenuous false imitative unreal
  • Adjective: Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial. Janice's added glares showed that her apology was insincere.Not serious.
  • Synonyms:

    disingenuous, deceitful, hypocritical, phony, evasive, untruthful, devious, backhanded, deceptive, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, fake, hollow, lying, mendacious, perfidious, pretentious, shifty, slick, sly, snide, two-faced, unfaithful, untrue, ambidextrous, put-on, false, dissembling, dissimulating,

    Antonyms:

    real, honest, reliable, truthful, frank, sincere, trustworthy, forthright, actual, genuine, just, straight, open, upright, direct, straightforward,

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