feigning

deceptive duplicitous false insincere sanctimonious self-righteous unnatural

affected artificial assuming bland canting captious caviling deluding dissembling double double-dealing faithless fishy fraudulent glib hollow jivey left-handed lying moralistic oily pharisaical phony pietistic pious smooth smooth-spoken smooth-tongued snide specious spurious two-faced unctuous unreliable

forthright frank genuine honest humble open real truthful

actual authentic just reliable righteous sincere upright

affected artificial assuming bland canting captious caviling deceptive deluding dissembling double double-dealing duplicitous faithless false fishy fraudulent glib hollow insincere jivey left-handed lying moralistic oily pharisaic pharisaical phony pietistic pious sanctimonious self-righteous smooth smooth-spoken smooth-tongued snide specious spurious two-faced unctuous unnatural unreliable

Pecksniffian affected artificial assuming bland canting captious caviling deceptive deluding dissembling double double-dealing duplicitous faithless false fishy fraudulent glib hollow insincere jivey left-handed lying moralistic oily pharisaical phony pietistic pious sanctimonious self-righteous smooth smooth-spoken smooth-tongued snide specious spurious two-faced unctuous unnatural unreliable

Pecksniffian affected artificial assuming bland canting captious caviling deceptive deluding dissembling double double-dealing duplicitous faithless false fishy fraudulent glib hollow insincere jivey left-handed lying moralistic oily pharisaic phony pietistic pious sanctimonious self-righteous smooth smooth-spoken smooth-tongued snide specious spurious two-faced unctuous unnatural unreliable

attitude performance show

affectation bit chaser dissimilation fake front phony pose posture pretense put on sham simulation stall stance stunt

false front shuck and jive soft soap sweet-talk

reality

cessation idleness inactivity inertia quiet repose rest stoppage suspension

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

play acting showing off

cover-up deceit deception dishonesty distortion fabrication fakery fallacy falsity misstatement perjury prevarication sham tall tale untruth

canard dissimulation equivocation erroneousness error fable fallaciousness falseness fib fiction figment fraud hogwash line mendacity pretense story tale untruthfulness whopper yarn

fibbery half-truth untruism

frankness honesty openness truth truthfulness uprightness

nonfiction reality

charade cloak pretext semblance veneer

act acting affectation appearance artifice claim deceit deception display dissimulation double-dealing evasion excuse fabrication facade fakery falsification gag guise insincerity invention make believe mask masquerade misrepresentation misstatement ostentation posing posturing pretentiousness routine ruse schtick sham shuffling simulation stall stunt subterfuge trickery veil wile

dumb act faking

reality

frankness honesty honor openness quiet simplicity truth truthfulness uprightness