Thesaurus / pharisaical
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synonyms for pharisaical
- Pecksniffian
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaic
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
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There was a smirk of pharisaical satisfaction on their faces.
MY NEW CURATEP.A. SHEEHANAmericans think their mode of keeping Sunday is unholy; they, that ours is Jewish and pharisaical.
SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND OCCASIONAL SERMONS, VOLUME 2 (OF 3)THEODORE PARKERHe laughed at it just as much; in short, he declared the rule absurd, pharisaical, and contrary to the spirit of the Gospel.
BOUVARD AND PCUCHET, PART 2GUSTAVE FLAUBERTIf only our poor horses could vote, what a different attitude would our pharisaical politicians at once adopt towards them!
ANIMAL GHOSTSELLIOTT O'DONNELLThe leaders of the Opposition carried it before them, with ostentation and loud pharisaical rant, in the late political battle.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 14, NO. 86, DECEMBER, 1864VARIOUSWhat were the plants of Pharisaical tradition but noxious tares, doomed to be rooted up and burned?
THE VITALITY OF MORMONISM--BRIEF ESSAYSJAMES E. TALMAGEFor I have no doubt that you have there become acquainted with the pharisaical, yea diabolical venom of the enemies of the Gospel.
THE LIFE OF PHILIP MELANCHTHONKARL FRIEDRICH LEDDERHOSEShe had forgiven his pharisaical arrogance, and even his greasy face and oily, vulgar manners.
BARCHESTER TOWERSANTHONY TROLLOPEBy these remarks I do not mean Pharisaical religion, poisonous fanaticism nor blighting sectarianism.
SAGES AND HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONL. CARROLL JUDSONSelf′-rev′erent; Self′-right′eous, righteous in one's own estimation: pharisaical.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PHARISAICAL
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaic
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
- Pecksniffian
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.