| artificial | hypocritical, feigned, phony |
| both-sides | two-faced, double-dealing, hypocritical |
| censure | judge critically, flaw, find fault with |
| critical | censorious, judgemental, fault-finding |
| dispraisingly | disparagingly, critically, depreciatingly |
| dissembling | deceitful, hypocritical, false |
| exigent | time of necessity, critical moment |
| false-faced | hypocritical, sanctimonious |
| foul | false, hypocritical, shameful |
| hollowly | insincerely, hypocritically, deceitfully |
| nice | critical, delicate, uncertain |
| nick | nick of time, critical moment |
| pass | predicament, juncture, critical point |
| push | climactic moment, critical time |
| sanctified | sanctimonious, hypocritical, deceiving |
| shark up | [like a shark] gather together indiscriminately, collect hastily and uncritically |
| unhappily | unfavourably, censoriously, critically |