- pecksniffery
- peck·sniff·ery
English syllables. 2014.
pecksniffery
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pecksniffery — … Useful english dictionary
Pecksniffian — Pecksniffery, Pecksniffianism, Pecksniffism, n. /pek snif ee euhn/, adj. (often l.c.) hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles. Also, Pecksniffish. [1850 55; named after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin… … Universalium
cant — Synonyms and related words: Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, L, Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, about ship, affectation, affectedness, alert, angle, angularity, animate, animated, apex, argot, ascend, babble, back and fill, bank, be… … Moby Thesaurus
hypocrisy — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Pharisaism, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, artfulness, artificiality, cant, casuistry, charlatanism, charlatanry, chicanery, craft, cunning, deceit,… … Moby Thesaurus
sanctimony — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Quakerishness, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, bibliolatry, cant, censoriousness, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, demureness, demurity, empty gesture, false modesty, false piety,… … Moby Thesaurus
pecksniffian — adjective Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious … Wiktionary
lip service — Synonyms and related words: BOMFOG, Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, cant, empty gesture, false piety, formalism, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, lip devotion, lip homage, lip praise, lip reverence, lip worship, mealymouthedness, mouth honor,… … Moby Thesaurus
mouthing — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, cant, drone, droning, empty gesture, face, false piety, gabble, gibber, gibbering, grimace, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, jabber, jibber, lip service, maundering, mealymouthedness,… … Moby Thesaurus
mummery — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, abracadabra, acting, affectation, baccalaureate service, buffoonery, business, camouflage, cant, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, characterization, commencement, convocation,… … Moby Thesaurus
sham — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, act, act a part, acting, adulterated, affect, affectation, affected, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, ape, apocryphal, apology, appearance, artificial, artificiality, assume, assumed … Moby Thesaurus
