insincere

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

telling the truth and able to be trusted
honestThe new MP was refreshingly honest with her constituents.
straightJust be straight with her and tell her how you feel.
sincereHe's so sincere that you know exactly where you stand with him.
truthfulAre you being truthful with me?

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Honesty, openness & sincerity
above board
anti-corruption
artless
artlessly
artlessness
earnest
honestly
in
in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulnessidiom
in good faithidiom
integrity
joking apart/asideidiom
sincerely
stainless
straight arrowidiom
straight upidiom
straightforward
the straight and narrowidiom
transparency
upright

sincere | American Dictionary

sincere
adjective
us/sɪnˈsɪər/
(esp. of feelings, beliefs, opinions, or intentions) honest; not false or invented:
sincere modesty/belief/statement
More than sincere words of support, we need action.

sincerity

noun[ U ]us/sɪnˈser·ɪ·t̬i/
She spoke with such sincerity, you had to believe her.

Examples of sincere

sincere
Would it be interesting, artistic, if all sincere, authentic feelings were honestly put on stage?
I do not mean that they have been intentionally developed to deceive anyone, or that contributors to religious systems were not, or are not, sincere.
Many of these are humanistic exercises, opportunities to display learning and verbal dexterity in addition to, often rather than, sincere praise.
First, we begin with a more consistent model of sincere voting in multiparty democratic systems than has been presented in the literature to date.
This disturbing action also appears sincere because of her future treatment of animals.
Readily accepting the right of the preachers to conduct open-air services, the paper was initially emollient, imputing to them only sincere and pious motivations.
I would like to thank the discussants of my essay for their pertinent questions, sincere criticisms and useful suggestions.
Thus, a real apology is sincere and truly heartfelt; a false apology is not.
We then assign the voter's choice to the party for which they have the highest utility; this gives us each voter's sincere vote.
As mentioned above, voters can be divided into personal and party voters or, equivalently for our purposes, sincere and strategic voters.
My sincere thanks also go to five anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.
It's all very sincere, with an actor's temperament, it's all overblown, and therefore all the feelings are exaggerated.
Some claims by their very nature authorize a sort of dissenter's veto; they render sincere objections self-validating.
Education is the most powerful instrument of construction when accompanied by a proper program, a sincere, responsible leadership, and clean procedures.
Words represent explicit intentions, whether sincere, conventional, or false, in relationships between individuals.
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