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Holier-than-thou

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Adjective

1. holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous

excessively or hypocritically pious

Example Sentences:
'a sickening sanctimonious smile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Holier-than-thou

see synonyms of holier-than-thou
offensively sanctimonious or self-righteous
a holier-than-thou attitude
adjective
self-righteous; overly pious
He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
those with holier-than-thou attitudes

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Holier-than-thou

see synonyms of holier-than-thou
adjective
sanctimonious or self-righteous to an annoying degree; priggish

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Holier-than-thou

see synonyms of holier-than-thou
adj.
Exhibiting an attitude of superior virtue; self-righteously pious.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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