Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
professing feelings or virtues one does not have;
- Example: "hypocritical praise"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hypocritical \Hyp`o*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
hypocritique.]
Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a
hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical
action.
[1913 Webster]
Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific
intentions were not spared. --Macaulay.
-- Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hypocritical
adj 1: professing feelings or virtues one does not have;
"hypocritical praise"