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crocodile tears - 2 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | crocodile tears |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fake and insincere tears |
| Synonyms: | Academy Award performance, affected tears, fake tears, false show of emotion, false tears, insincere tears |
| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular type of trick, misleading |
| Synonyms: | artifice, blind, cheat, chicanery, crocodile tears*, deception, dirty work*, duplicity, fake, feint, flimflam*, fraud, hoax, humbug, imposture, misrepresentation, pretense, ruse, sell, sham, shift, smoke and mirrors*, snow job*, soft soap*, spoof, stratagem, subterfuge, sweet talk*, swindle, trick, whitewash*, wile, dirty trick, fraudulence, sellout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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