English Explanatory Dictionary

sanctimonious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
  2. Holy, devout.

Pronunciation

/ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/ /ˌsæŋk.təˈməʊ.ni.əs/ /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ /ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ en-au-sanctimonious.ogg En-us-sanctimonious.oga

Word forms

sanctimonious more sanctimonious most sanctimonious

Etymology

From sanctimony + -ous.

Synonyms

holier-than-thou smug airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery boastful bombastic buggish cocky conceited disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent flaunting full of oneself glorious grandiose hankty haught haughty haut high-handed high-hat high and mighty highfalutin hoity-toity hubristic hubristical imperious inflated insolent la-di-da orgulous ostentatious overbearing overweening pompous presumptuous pretentious priggish puffed up sanctimonious self-important snobbish snooty snotty stout stuck up supercilious thrasonic thrasonical toploftical toplofty tumid

Related words

sanctimony

Derived words

DeSanctimonious nonsanctimonious sanctimoniously sanctimoniousness unsanctimonious
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