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pharisee

[far-uh-see] / ˈfær əˌsi /
NOUN
hypocrite
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bigot charlatan crook impostor phony trickster
STRONG
actor backslider bluffer casuist cheat deceiver decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug informer malingerer masquerader mountebank poser pretender quack smoothie sophist swindler two-timer
WEAK
attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing
NOUN
tartuffe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deceiver hypocrite pretender
STRONG
actor backslider bigot bluffer casuist charlatan cheat crook decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug impostor informer malingerer masquerader mountebank phony playactor poser quack smoothie sophist swindler trickster two-timer
WEAK
attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing

Example Sentences

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The season consists of eight episodes, and by episode seven, viewers have been introduced to many prominent Biblical characters - like Jesus' diciples Simon and Andrew, Matthew the tax collector, and the Pharisee Nicodemus.

From Fox News • Apr. 3, 2021

And during the grand speech they toast to the fine wine of Pharisee and priest.

From Fox News • Feb. 19, 2019

European Renaissance bronzes will also feature including, from Florence, Giovanni Francesco Rustici's ensemble of St John the Baptist preaching to a Levite and a Pharisee from Florence.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2012

From these various religious experiments, Josephus had emerged as a Pharisee.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

Evidently he was just such a Pharisee as I am.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.