[かわをかぶる, kawawokaburu] (exp, v5r) (See 猫をかぶる・ねこをかぶる) to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hypocrite \Hyp"o*crite\, n. [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. ? one who
plays a part on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See
{Hypocrisy}.]
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of
winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming;
one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false
pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or
piety.
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The hypocrite's hope shall perish. --Job viii.
13.
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I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his
heart. --Shak.
Syn: Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See {Dissembler}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypocrite
n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings
or motives [syn: {hypocrite}, {dissembler}, {dissimulator},
{phony}, {phoney}, {pretender}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
hypocrite /ipɔkʀit/
hypocritical
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
hypocrite /ipɔkʀit/
hypocrite
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