fake concern
Hollow show of caring
Fake concern is the outward appearance of caring or sympathy without genuine feeling behind it.
Someone expressing fake concern goes through the motions—asking if you're okay, offering help—while clearly not invested in your wellbeing: Her fake concern was obvious from her bored tone.
The phrase often describes performative sympathy meant to appear compassionate to others or to manipulate the person receiving it.
- crocodile tearsInsincere show of sadness
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- performativeDone for appearance's sake
- fauxArtificial or imitation
- feignedFalsely displayed or simulated
disingenuous · lip service · pretend · superficial · empty words · virtue signaling · pearl clutching · patronizing · condescending · saccharine · smarmy · unctuous · two-faced · hypocritical · furrowed brow · going through motions · thoughts and prayers · hand-wringing
- fake emotionscrocodile tears, feigned interest, false modesty, feigned surprise, forced laugh
- insincerityinsincerity, phoniness, fakeness, falseness, pretense
- condescensionpatronizing, belittling, talking down, talk down, superiority