The meaning of Insincere

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

Usage examples:

Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

Usage examples:

Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

Usage examples:

Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

adjective

Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

Usage examples:

He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun

Believing the worst of human nature and motives

adjective

Not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves

Usage examples:

Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical., she’s become cynical about men., he’s …

adjective

Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.

Usage examples:

A deceitful politician

adjective

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness

adjective

Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.

Usage examples:

He's as devious as a politician needs to be

adjective

Using indirect ways to get what you want, esp. without showing your real purpose

Usage examples:

Devious methods, they went by a devious route.

adjective

Using indirect ways to get what you want, especially without showing your real purpose

Usage examples:

Officials called the company 'devious and underhand'., management seems to have acted deviously and…

adjective

Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

Usage examples:

He was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical

adjective

Slightly dishonest; not speaking the complete truth

Usage examples:

A disingenuous compliment

verb

Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs.

Usage examples:

An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble

verb

Conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character).

Usage examples:

A country gentleman who dissimulates his wealth beneath ragged pullovers

verb

To hide your real feelings, character, or intentions

Usage examples:

They did not try to dissimulate their grief.

adjective

Regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality.

Usage examples:

An exaggerated account of his adventures

verb

Represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.

Usage examples:

He was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains

adjective

Seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is

Usage examples:

Exaggerated reports of the problem, the slimming effect of wearing black has been greatly exaggerat…

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

adjective

Simulated or pretended; insincere.

Usage examples:

Her eyes widened with feigned shock

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

Past simple and past participle of feign

Usage examples:

You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are., the prosecution claimed …

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

adjective

Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

Usage examples:

We don't go to church and we thought it would be hypocritical to have him christened

adjective

Saying that you have particular moral beliefs but behaving in a way that shows these are not sincere

Usage examples:

Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.

adjective

(of food) overcooked.

Usage examples:

He sat there chewing his overdone steak

verb

Do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.

Usage examples:

She rather overdoes the early cockney scenes

adjective

(esp. of meat) cooked too long

Usage examples:

The steak was dry and overdone.

adjective

Not genuine; assumed.

Usage examples:

Eating ice cream with pretended unconcern

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

False

Usage examples:

His pretended enthusiasm/interest

idiom

Something intended to deceive

noun

A deception; a hoax.

Usage examples:

It's hard to tell if it's brilliant or a put-on, or just a brilliant put-on.

idiom

To joke with someone by saying something that is hard for the person to believe

Usage examples:

"i hear joe’s quit his job." "you’re putting me on!", doctors put her on antibiotics after discover…