Definitions for crocodile tears
croc·o·dile tears

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1. crocodile tearsnoun

   a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping

   "the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma"; "politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed"

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1. crocodile tearsnoun

   A display of tears that is forced or false.

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1. crocodile tears

   Alex Rider is a series of spy novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around a teenage spy named Alex Rider and is primarily aimed towards young adults. The series currently comprises thirteen novels, as well as six graphic novels, seven short stories, a supplementary book, and a TV series. In January 2022, Horowitz indicated that he hopes to start writing a fourteenth novel (titled Nightshade Revenge) later in 2022, and that it will be published in 2023.The first novel, Stormbreaker, was released in the United Kingdom in the year 2000 and was adapted into a film in 2006, starring Alex Pettyfer. Walker Books published the first novels in the United Kingdom alongside Puffin in the United States, but more recent entries in the series were published by Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Books.

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1. crocodile tears

   Crocodile tears refer to insincere or fake expressions of sorrow, grief, or remorse. The phrase comes from an ancient anecdote that crocodiles would weep to lure their prey. Hence, it signifies an act of pretending to be upset or sad when that is not genuinely the case.

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1. Crocodile tears

   Crocodile tears are a false or insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. The phrase gives its name to Bogorad's syndrome, colloquially "crocodile tears syndrome", an uncommon consequence of recovery from Bell's palsy where faulty regeneration of the facial nerve causes sufferers to shed tears while eating.

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How to pronounce crocodile tears?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crocodile tears in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crocodile tears in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of crocodile tears in a Sentence

1. Chuck Schumer:

   I fully expect to see some crocodile tears spilled on the other side of the aisle over President-elect Biden's Cabinet nominees, but it will be very tough to take those crocodile tears seriously.

2. Michael Bennet:

   These crocodile tears that the senator from Texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crocodile tears
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crocodile_Tears
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_Tears
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=crocodile tears