Reverse Dictionary: SINCERE

ADJECTIVES
► AEFAULD free from duplicity; sincere, honest, faithful; plain, straightforward → a1000
► AFALD simple, sincere, without duplicity; honest → c960 obs.
► AFFECTIOUS earnest, sincere; cordial → 1581 obs.
► ARTICAL bona fide, genuine, sincere, respected → 1950s Black British teen sl.
► EVEN-DOWN downright, honest, straightforward, sincere → 1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GUTSY utterly sincere; deeply felt, esp. used of songs, music → c1965 sl.
► HEART-IN-MOUTH sincerely expressed; frank → 1827 obs.
► HEARTLY proceeding from or seated in the heart; expressive of real feeling; earnest, genuine, sincere → 1340-70 obs.
► HEART-WHOLE whole-hearted; free from hypocrisy or affectation; sincere, genuine → 1684
► HEARTY heartfelt, genuine, sincere → 1479
► INTEGRITIVE marked by integrity; upright, sincere → 1784 obs.
► LEAL loyal, faithful, honest, true, upright, sincere → a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LEAL-HEARTED faithful, sincere, loyal-hearted → 1728 Sc.
► OUT FRONT sincere; honest → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RIGHT-HAND favoured, commendable; worthy, sincere; said of an action or thing → 1631
► SIMPLE sincere, unassuming → 1949 Amer. dial.
► SIMPLE-HEARTED ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated → 1711
► SINGLE simple, honest, sincere, single-minded; free from duplicity or deceit → 1519
► SINGLE-EYED sincere, honest, straightforward → 1705
► SINGLE-HEARTED possessed of a ‘single’ or sincere heart; straight-forward, honest, sincere → 1577
► SINGLE-MINDED sincere in mind or spirit; honest, straightforward; simple-minded, ingenuous → 1577
► STRAIGHT-ARROW honest, sincere, and upright → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► THROUGH-OPEN transparently honest and sincere → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THRUFFABLE transparently honest and sincere → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ZEAR sincere → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► AEFAULDLY in a truthful and sincere manner; without duplicity; honestly, faithfully → 1472 Sc.
► AFALDLY with single-heartedness, sincerely, truly → 1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► AFFECTEDLY with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly → 1596 obs.
► AFFECTIOUSLY earnestly, sincerely, cordially, kindly → 1430 obs.
► ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully  → 1888 sl.
► SINGLE-MINDEDLY sincerely, frankly → 1579
► SINGLY sincerely, truly, honestly → 1526 obs.
► TO HEAVEN ► TO HIGH HEAVEN very strongly; fervently; sincerely → 1912
► UNCASUISTLY sincerely, straightforwardly → 1649 obs.

NOUNS
► AEFALDNESS uprightness; sincerity → 1911 Sc.
► HEARTLINESS cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling → 1435 obs.
► SINCERITIES sincere feelings or actions → 1840
► SINGLENESS sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile → 1526
► VERITY truthfulness, veracity, sincerity → c1555

NOUNS – PERSON
► DUDLEY DOGOODER the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law → 1990 US sl.
► DUDLEY DO-RIGHT the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law → 1990 US sl.
► HONEST JOHN an honest, sincere man → 1930 colloq.
► REAL PEOPLE an honest, sincere, candid person → 1960s Amer. sl.

PHRASES
► ARE YOU FOR REAL? used for humorously questioning a person’s sincerity → 1949 US sl.
► I KID YOU NOT expresses sincerity; implies that the speaker is being absolutely serious → 1914 sl., orig. US
► O STUFF no fooling, no lies, absolutely honest and sincere → 1920s African-American sl.

VERBS
► HEART to utter with the heart or sincerely → 1642 obs.
► RAP ON THE REAL to speak sincerely or honestly → 1980s African-American sl.
► TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK to be both sincere and effective → 1990 US sl.