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Definition: Pharisaical |
PharisaicalAdjective1. Excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pharisaical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonyms: PharisaicalSynonyms: holier-than-thou (adj), pharisaic (adj), pietistic (adj), pietistical (adj), sanctimonious (adj), self-righteous (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Falsehood | Artificial, contrived; canting; hypocritical, jesuitical, pharisaical; tartuffish; Machiavelian; double, double tongued, double faced, double handed, double minded, double hearted, double dealing; Janus faced; smooth-faced, smooth spoken, smooth tongued; plausible; mealy-mouthed; affected. |
Impiety | Hypocritical; (false); canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Pharisaical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pharisaical" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "pharisaical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prej fariseu (pharisaic), hipokrit (affected, double dealing, double faced, double-dealer, hypocrite, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical, Pecksniff, pharisaic, pharisee, phoney, phony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مراء أو متظاهر بالتقوى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pharisaïque. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pharisäisch (pharisaic, self-righteous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צבוע (hypocrite, insincere, painted, pharisee, smoothy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | képmutató (dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, hypocritical, pharisee, simular man, snuffler), álszent (canter, hypocrite, hypocritical, pharisaic, pharisee, sanctified, sanctimonial, sanctimonious, self-righteous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arisaicalphay prefãcut (affected, assumed, cattish, false, falsified, forged, guileful, histrionic, hollow-hearted, hypocritical, insidious, mock, panting, pecksniffian, pharisee, pretender, seeming, sham, squeamish, treacherous), ipocrit (cant, canter, canting, dissembler, double-dealer, double-dealing-faced, fairfaced, false, feigner, histrionic, hollow, hypocrite, hypocritical, pecksniffian, pharisee, pietist, squeamish, Tartuffe), fariseic (hypocritical, hypocritically, pharisaically, self-righteous). (various references) фарисейский (pharisaic, self-righteous). (various references) farisaico (pharisaic, self-righteous). (various references) ikiyüzlü (counterfeiter, double, double dealing, double-dealer, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, janus-faced, pharisaic, pharisee, shammer, simulator, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smoothie, soft spoken, two faced), iki yüzlü (ambidexter, ambidextrous, bilateral, disingenuous, dissembler, double dealing, double faced, double-dealer, double-minded, double-tongued, false, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, left handed, pharisaic, shammer, slimy, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smoothie, two sided), farisilere ait (pharisaic). (various references) фарисейський (pharisaic). (various references) đạo đức giả; giả dối; rất hình thức (pharisaic). (various references) Phariseaidd (Pharisaic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pharisaical": pharisaically, pharisaicalness, pharisaicalnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Pharisaical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pharisaically, pharisiacal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-h-i-i-l-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: pharisaic. | |
-3 letters: aphasiac, calipash, carpalia, charpais, haircaps, parchisi, pashalic. | |
-4 letters: acrasia, airship, alpacas, aphasia, aphasic, apicals, aplasia, archils, caliphs, carlish, carpals, charpai, haircap, ischial, pachisi, pariahs, paschal, phrasal, picaras, rachial, raphias, spacial. | |
-5 letters: aaliis, alpaca, alphas, apical, archil, ashlar, calash, caliph, capias, capris, carpal, chairs, charas, chilis, chiral, chirps, craals, ischia, lahars, laichs, lascar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-h-i-i-l-p-r-s" | |
+2 letters: aphrodisiacal, pharisaically. | |
+4 letters: pharisaicalness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 61 72 69 73 61 69 63 61 6C |
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