PECKSNIFFIAN

Meaning of PECKSNIFFIAN in English

adj. Function: adjective

Synonyms: HYPOCRITICAL , canting, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса. 2012

PECKSNIFFIAN — adjective Etymology: Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44) by Charles Dickens Date: 1849 unctuously hypocritical ; pharisaical
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PECKSNIFFIAN — (ˈ)pek|snifēən adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Seth Pecksniff + English -ian : marked by unctuous hypocrisy : selfish and corrupt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PECKSNIFFIAN — — Pecksniffery, Pecksniffianism, Pecksniffism , n. /pek snif"ee euhn/ , adj. ( often l.c. ) hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PECKSNIFFIAN — adj. sanctimoniously hypocritical, two-faced; that affects high moral principles
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PECKSNIFFIAN — adjective Etymology: Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44) by Charles Dickens Date: 1849 : unctuously hypocritical : pharisaical
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PECKSNIFFIAN — [ pɛk'snɪfɪən ] ■ adjective hypocritical. Origin C19: from Mr Pecksniff , a character in Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit , + …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PECKSNIFFIAN — [Peck.sniff.ian] adj [Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44) by Charles Dickens] (1851): unctuously hypocritical: pharisaical
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PECKSNIFFIAN — Pecksniffian BrE AmE ( ˌ ) pek ˈsnɪf i‿ən
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PECKSNIFFIAN — adjective Synonyms: hypocritical , canting, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PECKSNIFFIAN — (книжное) лицемерный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PECKSNIFFIAN — (книжное) лицемерный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PECKSNIFFIAN — a книжн. лицемерный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PECKSNIFFIAN — (a) лицемерный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PECKSNIFFIAN — a книжн. лицемерный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PECKSNIFFIAN — a книжн. лицемерный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PECKSNIFFIAN — (книжное) лицемерный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PECKSNIFFIAN — (книжное) лицемерный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PECKSNIFFIAN — adj. Pronunciation: pek- ' sni-f ē - ə n Function: adjective Etymology: Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44) by …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PECKSNIFFERY — ˈpekˌsnifərē noun or peck·sniff·ian·ism pekˈsnifēəˌnizəm ( plural pecksnifferies or pecksniffianisms ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: pecksniffery from Seth Pecksniff, character …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PECKSNIFF — /pek"snif/ , n. a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNCTUOUS — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, adipose, adulatory, affected, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIMON PURE — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, austere, authentic, bare, basic, bona fide, candid, canting, card-carrying, chaste, dinkum, elementary, essential, following …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF-RIGHTEOUS — Synonyms and related words : Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, complacent, FALSE, goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, insincere, mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed, pecksniffian, pharisaic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SANCTIMONIOUS — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Quakerish, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, canting, censorious, deceiving, demure, FALSE, fanatical, goody, goody-goody, hidebound, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PHARISAICAL — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, FALSE, goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, mealymouthed, oily, pecksniffian, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PHARISAIC — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, FALSE, goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, mealymouthed, oily, pecksniffian, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OILY — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, adipose, adulatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEALYMOUTHED — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, adulatory, affected, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blarneying, bootlicking, buttery, cajoling, canting, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HYPOCRITICAL — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, alleged, ambidextrous, assumed, avowed, bland, canting, casuistic, claimed, counterfeited, deceitful, deceiving, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOLIER-THAN-THOU — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, FALSE, goody, goody-goody, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, mealymouthed, oily, pharisaic, pharisean, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOODY GOODY — Synonyms and related words : Lord Fauntleroy, Pecksniffian, Percy, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, bluenose, canting, chicken, cream puff, effeminate, elegant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CANTING — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, careening, FALSE, goody, goody-goody, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

← PECKSNIFFERY PECULATE→