pecksniffian
/pek-snif-ee-uhn/US // pɛkˈsnɪf i ən //UK // (pɛkˈsnɪfɪən) //
啄木鸟,啄食者
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.hypocritical
Synonyms
affected受影响的,受影响,受到影响,受到影响的artificial人工,人造,人为,人为的assuming假设,假定,设想,假设是bland平淡无奇,乏味,平淡无奇的,寡淡canting凹凸不平,凹陷,凹凸有致,凹陷的captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒caviling凹凸不平,穴居,龋齿,空洞deceptive欺骗性的,欺骗性,骗人的,误导性的deluding妄想,欺骗性的,欺骗性,欺瞒dissembling无稽之谈,无聊,无用的东西,无用的double双,双倍,双重,双份double-dealing两面派,两面三刀,双轨制,两面派手法duplicitous两面派,两面三刀,奸诈的,奸诈faithless无信仰,无信仰的,无义,无信false假的,虚假,错误,错误的feigning佯装,假装,伪装,佯作fishy腥,腥臭,腥臭的,腥味fraudulent欺诈性的,欺诈性,欺诈,诈骗glib口若悬河,巧言令色,侃侃而谈,口无遮拦hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的insincere不真诚的,无诚意,无诚意的,不真诚jivey叽叽喳喳,叽哩咕噜,叽叽歪歪,叽里呱啦left-handed左撇子,左手,左旋,左利lying撒谎,谎言,谎话连篇,谎话moralistic道德主义的,道义上的,道德主义,道德性的oily油性,油性的,油腻的,油腻pharisaic法利赛人,法利赛派,法利赛,法利赛式pharisaical犹太教,犹太教的,犹太教派,犹太教的人phony虚假的,虚假,虚假性,虚伪pietistic虔诚主义的,虔诚的,虔诚主义者,虔诚主义pious虔诚的,虔诚,虔诚的人,虔诚的教徒sanctimonious道貌岸然,神圣的,道貌岸然的人,神圣主义的self-righteous自以为是,自以为是的,自义,自义的smooth顺利,顺畅,畅通,平滑smooth-spoken口齿伶俐,平易近人,口齿伶俐的人,口齿伶俐的smooth-tongued油嘴滑舌,口齿伶俐,油嘴滑舌的,口齿伶俐的snide冷笑话,讽刺,讽刺地说,讥讽specious似是而非,似是而非的,骗人的,诡辩spurious虚假的,虚假,虚伪的,虚构的two-faced两面派,双面人,双面的,双面unctuous油腻,假惺惺的,假惺惺,腻味unnatural不自然的,非自然的,非自然,不自然unreliable不可靠的,不可靠,不可信的,不靠谱
Examples
Of course, one should be cautious here, so as not to seem merely puritanical or Pecksniffian.
He was, after a fashion, a Pecksniffian man, this Henry Ham.
He posed as the Pecksniffian leader of Reform and the reform he advocated always meant the lash for the man who toils.
At all events, Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.
Piety was certainly hers, in a Pecksniffian sense, but the commercial instinct leavened the loaf.
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