Sanctimonious
11sanctimonious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pietistic, sacrosanct; self righteous, holier than thou; hypocritical, goody goody (inf.). See impiety. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. self righteous, pietistic, hypocritical, holier than thou*, goody… …
12sanctimonious — sanc|ti|mo|ni|ous [ˌsæŋktıˈməuniəs US ˈmou ] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: sanctimony sanctimoniousness (16 21 centuries), from Latin sanctimonia holiness , from sanctus; SAINT] behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a …
13sanctimonious — sanc|ti|mo|ni|ous [ ,sæŋktə mouniəs ] adjective used for describing someone who tries to show that they have better moral or religious principles than other people: I was aware even as I spoke how sanctimonious I sounded. ╾ sanc|ti|mo|ni|ous|ly… …
14sanctimonious — adjective formal behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a way that is annoying: sanctimonious politicians preaching to everyone about family values sanctimoniously adverb sanctimoniousness noun (U) …
15sanctimonious — adjective no one wants to hear your sanctimonious hot air Syn: self righteous, holier than thou, pious, pietistic, churchy, moralizing, preachy, smug, superior, priggish, hypocritical, insincere; informal goody goody See note at moral …
16sanctimonious — UK [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs] / US [ˌsæŋktəˈmoʊnɪəs] adjective showing disapproval used for describing someone who tries to show that they have better moral or religious principles than other people I was aware even as I spoke how sanctimonious I sounded …
17Sanctimonious, old Madame — A nonce name and title used to someone who is making a show of having religious faith in AngloSaxon Attitudes, by Angus Wilson. The woman has just said: ‘You and I, we are different, Mr Middleton; we are willing to be old, we are ready to go.’ …
18sanctimonious — adjective /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs,ˌsæŋk.təˈməʊ.ni.əs,ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs,ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ a) Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious. b) Holy, devout …
19sanctimonious — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Quakerish, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, canting, censorious, deceiving, demure, FALSE, fanatical, goody, goody goody, hidebound, holier than thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere,… …
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