I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission
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Mummery
/ˈmʌməɹi/
Synonyms for "mummery" (122 found)
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Closest matches (25)
abracadabraactingaffectationbaccalaureate servicebuffoonerybusinesscamouflagecantcelebrationceremonialceremonycharacterizationcommencementconvocationdisguisedominoempty formalityempty gestureexerciseexercises
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false colorsfalse facefalse frontfalse piety
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (36)
falsenessformalformalityfunctiongaggibberishgoody-goodinessgraduationgraduation exerciseshamhammy actinghocus-pocushokehokumhypocrisyhypocriticalnessimpersonationinauguralinaugurationincognito
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (61)
mumbo-jumboobservanceofficeoilinessostentatious devotionoveractingpantomimingpatterpecksnifferyperformanceperformingpersonationpharisaicalnesspharisaismpietismpietisticalnesspietypiousnessplayactingplaying
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portrayalprojectionprotective colorationreligionismreligiosityreligious ceremonyrepresentationriterite de passagerite of passageritualsanctimoniousnesssanctimonyself-righteousnessserviceslapsticksmoke screensnivelsnufflesnufflingsoft soapsolemnitysolemnizationstage businessstage directionsstage presencestuntsweet talktaking a roletartufferytartuffismtokenismunctionunctuousnessvisorvizardvizard mask
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11 entriesart formbunkceremonydisplayhokummeaninglessnessnonsensenonsensicalityperformanceritualtheatrical art
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5 entriesfolk pantomimemasked dramamummers playostentatious ritualtheatrical display
Collocations
5 entriesceremonial mummerypolitical mummerypublic mummeryreligious mummeryshowy mummery
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The twentieth of September, they are bound Fast from the midnight watch to pray till morn.— More would he not disclose, or knew not more. —What precious mummery!
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All this affectation and mummery was in due time overcome, and Zeluco's nuptials with the widow were celebrated in form.
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Because it is more simple, and, in its simplicity, becomes sublime to a mind like her's—in my days of darkness I did not like the ceremonies of the church, but classed them with silly mummeries, hardening my heart against that which I did not understand—now you would have no such feelings to contend with...
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