pious
adjective (PRETENDING) /ˈpaɪ.əs/Definition
› disapproving pretending to have sincere feelings: Quit the pious apologies - I know you don't really care.Affected and insincere pious hope UK › something that is unlikely to happenUnreal things and unrealityHoping and hopefulnessPotential piously /-li/ adverb Worshipping a godAffected and insincere
(Definition of pious adjective (PRETENDING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- cloud cuckoo land
- delusion noun
- dummy noun (NOT REAL)
- escapism noun
- fairyland noun
- false hopes noun
- falsity noun (NOT CORRECT)
- fantasy noun
- figment noun
- flight of fancy idiom
- idealist noun
- illusion noun
- la-la land noun
- make-believe noun
- mirage noun
- never-never land noun
- phantasmagoria noun
- phantom adjective
- pie in the sky idiom
- untruth noun
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