Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
2. (a.) Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.
Library
How the Simple and the Crafty are to be Admonished.
... How the simple and the crafty are to be admonished. (Admonition 12.)
Differently to be admonished are the simple and the insincere. ...
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Whether Insincerity Hinders the Effect of Baptism?
... Now, a man is said to be insincere by reason of his will being in contradiction
with either Baptism or its effect. For, according to Augustine (De Bapt. cont. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether insincerity hinders the effect.htm
Whether a General Confession Suffices to Blot Out Forgotten Mortal ...
... Therefore he will not be confounded by being repelled, but will be forgiven.
Further, he that confesses is pardoned unless he be insincere. ...
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Impressive Phrases
... artful, wily, insincere, and disingenuous. ... theatrical, ceremonious, meretricious,
and ostentatious [meretricious = plausible but insincere]. ...
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Confession of Sin --A Sermon with Seven Texts
... heart. That double minded man's confession is of no avail. The Insincere
Man. SAUL""I have sinned.""1 Samuel 15:24. III. And ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/confession of sina sermon with.htm
The Paradoxes of Christianity
... Insincere pessimism is a social accomplishment, rather agreeable than otherwise;
and fortunately nearly all pessimism is insincere. ...
/.../chesterton/orthodoxy/vi the paradoxes of christianity.htm
Chapter xxiii
... In a measure this is the case in this instance, however, apparently there is no
idle courtesy or shallow, insincere flattery on the part of Abraham at all, and ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxiii.htm
But Christmas is not only the mile-mark of another year
... sermon against lust is a feature of the age. I venture to call such moralists
insincere. At any excess or perversion of a natural ...
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On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
... document. A sincere novel exhibits the simplicity of one particular man;
an insincere novel exhibits the simplicity of mankind. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xv on smart novelists and.htm
Paul and his Requests for Prayer
... If he were insincere, he could lay no claim to their prayers. Praying for him,
it would be a powerful agent in facilitating his visit to them. ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/xv paul and his requests.htm
Thesaurus
Insincere (2 Occurrences)... to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; --
said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as,
insincere declarations.
.../i/insincere.htm - 7kInsignificant (9 Occurrences)
/i/insignificant.htm - 9k
Kenosis
... The explanations that assume that Christ knew the day but had no commission to reveal
it are most unsatisfactory, for they place insincere words in His mouth ...
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Left-handed (3 Occurrences)
... than the right. 2. (a.) Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister;
malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. 3. (a.) Having a ...
/l/left-handed.htm - 8k
Insincerity (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity,
or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical ...
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Insincerely (3 Occurrences)
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Feigned (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Feign. 2. (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere;
false. Multi-Version Concordance Feigned (8 Occurrences). ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait
flatters him. 7. (vi) To use flattery or insincere praise. ...
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Flattery (11 Occurrences)
... (n.) The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation
or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. ...
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Feigning (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feign. 2. (a.) That feigns; insincere;
not genuine; false. Multi-Version Concordance Feigning (2 Occurrences). ...
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Resources
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