whited sepulchre

noun

One who is outwardly attractive, but unclean or vile on the inside; a hypocrite.

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whited sepulcher
OriginAncient Greek τάφος κεκονιαμένος →
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Meanings

nounwhited sepulchre (plural whited sepulchres)

plural whited sepulchres · alternative whited sepulcher

  1. One who is outwardly attractive, but unclean or vile on the inside; a hypocrite.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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whited sepulcher
Broader
hypocritedissemblerdissimulator

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτάφος κεκονιαμένος“plastered tomb, hypocrite”
  2. Englishwhited sepulchre

An allusion to Matthew 23:27 in the Bible. From Ancient Greek τάφος κεκονιαμένος (táphos kekoniaménos, “plastered tomb, hypocrite”).

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