Crocodile tears
Crocodile tears noun - A hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping.
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Synonyms for Crocodile tears
Trick and crocodile tears are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun phrase "Crocodile tears".
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Crocodile tears and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crocodile tears" instead a noun "Trick".
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Related pairs
- deception and crocodile tears
- deception and trick
- stratagem and crocodile tears
- stratagem and trick
- ruse and crocodile tears
- ruse and trick
- artifice and crocodile tears
- artifice and trick
- shift and crocodile tears
- shift and trick
- cheat and crocodile tears
- cheat and trick
- humbug and crocodile tears
- humbug and trick
Both terms in one sentence
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Crocodile Tears: Roland pretends to cry in order to get Sunny to pity him enough to trick him into getting a love potion for the two of them two to use.
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When the other babies start using the same trick she ups her game by switching to Crocodile Tears.
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Trick and Crocodile tears. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crocodile_tears/trick
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