tartuffe

[tahr-toof, -toof, tar-tyf] / tɑrˈtʊf, -ˈtuf, tarˈtüf /

NOUN

hypocrite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deceiver hypocrite pretender

STRONG

actor backslider bigot bluffer casuist charlatan cheat crook decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug impostor informer malingerer masquerader mountebank pharisee phony playactor poser quack smoothie sophist swindler trickster two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing

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tartuffe

Saying this, the female tartuffe retired to her chamber, to prepare for her secret departure.

From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de

Jack Cade was a boor, Cromwell a tartuffe, Bolivar a politician, Mazzini a theorist.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel