HyperDic: whited_sepulcher

English > 1 sense of the expression whited sepulcher:
NOUNperson whited sepulcher, whited sepulchrea person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
English > whited sepulcher: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous.
Synonymwhited sepulchre
Broaderhypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretenderA 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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