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Definitions

wolf in sheep's clothing

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 pharisee poser pretender quack smoothie sophist swindler two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face

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 pharisee phony playactor poser quack smoothie sophist swindler trickster two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face

Example Sentences

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Kemp was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but his sheep suit was impeccably tailored.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

"Gregory Dow was the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing," said the FBI's Michael Driscoll.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2021

“A wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf. Know your enemy.”

From Fox News • Jun. 10, 2020

A wolf in sheep’s clothing separates the goats.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019

We should establish a rigid examination for applicants for entrance, and make quite sure that each that presents itself is not a wolf in sheep's clothing.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

wolf in sheep's clothing

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