Hypocritical and Mock

Hypocritical

Hypocritical adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.

Mock and hypocritical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mock" instead an adjective "Hypocritical".

Nearby Words: hypocrisy, hypocrite

Mock

Mock adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: since I had inadvertently learned what I was getting, I opened the present with mock surprise

Hypocritical and mock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hypocritical" instead an adjective "Mock".

Nearby Words: mockery, mocking, mocked, mocker, mockingly

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Wingfeather Saga Hypocritical Humor: The Fangs think that humans are smelly, disgusting creatures, and mock them for it, despite the fact that they themselves are smelly and disgusting creatures.
  • Prone to Hypocritical Heartwarming if he doesn't let others mock the object of his devotion.
  • Hypocritical Heartwarming: When Brock calls Ash an idiot for endangering himself by going into a dangerous battle, Pikachu gets offended on Ash's behalf because only he's allowed to mock Ash's intelligence.
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