insincere

See also: insincère

English

Etymology

From Latin insincerus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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• Hyphenation: in‧sin‧cere

Adjective

insincere (comparative more insincere, superlative most insincere)

1. Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious.

   Janice's furious glare showed that her apology was insincere.

Antonyms

• sincere

Derived terms

• insincerely
• insincereness
• insincerity

Translations

not sincere

• Armenian: կեղծ (hy) (keġc)
• Bulgarian: неискрен (bg) (neiskren)
• Czech: neupřímný (cs)
• Esperanto: malsincera
• Finnish: epärehellinen (fi), vilpillinen (fi)
• German: unaufrichtig (de)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hindarweis)
• Greek: ανειλικρινής (el) (aneilikrinís), υστερόβουλος (el) (ysteróvoulos)
• Hungarian: őszintétlen (hu)
• Khiamniungan Naga: tǖkāngkāng
• Maori: rūkahu, rūpahu, kōpūngahuru, kōpūrau
• Polish: nieszczery (pl)
• Romanian: nesincer
• Russian: неи́скренний (ru) (neískrennij)
• Spanish: falso (es), insincero
• Turkish: samimiyetsiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: нещи́рий (neščýryj)
• Welsh: blaentafod

Italian

Adjective

insincere f pl

1. feminine plural of insincero