insincere
Meaning of insincere
adjective
- not expressing genuine feelings.
she flashed him an insincere smile
mid 17th century: from Latin insincerus, from in- ‘not’ + sincerus ‘sincere’.
Information about insincere
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of insincere
in-sin-cere
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- insincere is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
insincere synonyms
Meaning not according with truth or fact; incorrect:
Meaning not genuine; imitation or counterfeit:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected:
Meaning simulated or pretended; insincere:
Meaning not genuine; assumed:
Meaning regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality:
Meaning (of food) overcooked:
Meaning not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does:
Meaning conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs:
Meaning conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character):
Meaning showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals:
Meaning behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case:
Meaning believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity:
Meaning guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others:
Meaning giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading:
Meaning deceitful:
Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:
Meaning acting or done in a secret or dishonest way:
Meaning disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner:
Meaning failing to be loyal to a person, country, or organization to which one has obligations:
Meaning guilty of or involving betrayal or deception:
Meaning present participle of lie1:
Meaning saying or consisting of something that is false or incorrect:
Meaning not telling the truth; lying:
Meaning tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly:
Meaning (of a person or their manner) appearing deceitful or evasive:
Meaning (of a surface or object) difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy:
Meaning not genuine; fraudulent:
Meaning not really what it is represented as being; imaginary:
Meaning intellectually pretentious or affected:
insincere antonyms
Meaning free from pretence or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings:
Words that rhyme with insincere
CerE, cere, BCerE, agricere, chelicere, nancere, sincere, unsincere, adipocere, lipocere, procere
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