INSINCERE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lacking sincerity

Example:

their praise was extravagant and insincere

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bootlicking; fawning; obsequious; sycophantic; toadyish (attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery)

buttery; fulsome; oily; oleaginous; smarmy; soapy; unctuous (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech)

dissimulative (concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive)

false (deliberately deceptive)

feigned (not genuine)

gilded; glossy; meretricious; specious (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing)

hypocritical (professing feelings or virtues one does not have)

plausible (given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments)

Also:

counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)

dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

artful; disingenuous (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness)

unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)

Attribute:

sincerity (the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical)

Antonym:

sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)

Derivation:

insincerity (the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical)