| Main Entry: | backhanded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhanded |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, double-edged, equivocal, sarcastic, sardonic, two-edged |
| Main Entry: | insincere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, pretended |
Synonyms: |
ambidextrous, backhanded, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disingenuous, dissembling, dissimulating, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, fake, false, hollow, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, phony, pretentious, put-on, shifty, slick, sly, snide, two-faced, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful |
Antonyms: |
forthright, frank, honest, open, sincere |
| Main Entry: | oblique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, evasive |
Synonyms: |
backhanded, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, devious, implied, obliquitous, obscure, roundabout, sidelong, vague |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
Antonyms: |
direct, forthright, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | sarcastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, mocking in speech |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, mean, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming |
Antonyms: |
kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | mala fide |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insincere |
Synonyms: |
ambidextrous, backhanded, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disingenuous, dissembling, dissimulating, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, fake*, false, hollow, hypocritical, left-handed, lying, mendacious, perfidious, phony, pretentious, put-on, shifty, slick*, sly*, snide, two-faced, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful |
| Main Entry: | phoniness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insincerity |
Synonyms: |
ambidexterity, ambidextrous, artificiality, backhanded, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disingenuous, disingenuousness, dissembling, dissimulating, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, fake*, false, hollow, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, phony*, pretentious, put-on, shifty, slick*, sly*, snide, two-faced, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful |
| Main Entry: | satiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, jeering, mean, mocking, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satirical, saucy*, scoffing, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming |
| Main Entry: | scoffing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
Synonyms: |
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrimonious, arrogant, austere, backhanded, biting, bitter, brusque, captious, carping, caustic, chaffing, contemptuous, contumelious, corrosive, cussed, cutting, cynical, derisive, disillusioned, disparaging, disrespectful, evil, hostile, irascible, ironical, jeering, mean, mocking, mordant, needling, offensive, ornery*, salty, sardonic, satiric, satirical, saucy*, scorching, scornful, scurrilous, severe, sharp, smart-alecky, snarling, sneering, taunting, trenchant, twitting, weisenheiming |