WHITED SEPULCHRE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous

Synonyms:

whited sepulcher; whited sepulchre

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("whited sepulchre" is a kind of...):

dissembler; dissimulator; hypocrite; phoney; phony; pretender (a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives)

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