sincere
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Adjective (2)sincerer, sincerest
- open and genuine; not deceitful“he was a good man, decent and sincere”“felt sincere regret that they were leaving”“sincere friendship”Opposite insincereSimilar honest, genuine, heart-whole, bona fide, dear, cordialRelates to sinceritySee also genuine, honest, ingenuous, real, true
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions“both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate”“an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant”“a film with a solemn social message”Synonyms: earnestsolemnOpposite frivolousSimilar serious
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Translations
Adjective genuine, honest
- Spanish
- sincero
- French
- sincère
- German
- aufrichtig
- Italian
- sincero
- Portuguese
- sincero
- Turkish
- samimi
- Russian
- и́скренний ískrennij
- Arabic
- مُخْلِص muḵliṣ
- Chinese
- 真诚 zhēnchéng
- Dutch
- oprecht
19 more languages
- Polish
- szczery
- Swedish
- uppriktig
- Greek
- ειλικρινής eilikrinís
- Korean
- 진실하다 jinsilhada
- Indonesian
- ikhlas
- Vietnamese
- thành khẩn
- Hungarian
- őszinte
- Portuguese (PT)
- sincero
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 真誠 zhēnchéng
- Catalan
- sincer
- Czech
- upřímný
- Danish
- oprigtig
- Esperanto
- sincera
- Finnish
- vilpitön
- Georgian
- გულწრფელი gulc̣rpeli
- Hebrew
- כֵּן ken
- Latvian
- patiess
- Lithuanian
- nuoširdus
- Romanian
- sincer
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli (see Single), and the second to cernere to separate (cf. Discern): cf. F. sincère.
1. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.
There is no sincere acid in any animal juice.— John Arbuthnot
A joy which never was sincere till now.— John Dryden
2. Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. obsolete
The inviolable body stood sincere.— John Dryden
3. Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness.
A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions.— William Law
4. Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.
The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account.— Daniel Waterland
Synonyms: Honest; unfeigned; unvarnished; real; true; unaffected; inartificial; frank; upright. See Hearty.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54