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self righteous
adjective as in self-righteous
adjective as in smug
adjective as in canting
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adjective as in sententious
adjective as in Pecksniffian
Weak matches
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaic
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
adjective as in pharisaic
Weak matches
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- Pecksniffian
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
adjective as in pharisaical
Weak matches
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- Pecksniffian
- pharisaic
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
adjective as in complacent
adjective as in goody-goody
adjective as in hypocritical
adjective as in smug
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Example Sentences
He was “v[ery] hot under the collar ... frustrated and mad, self-righteous.”
Washington, claims Larson, “was in no mood to extend Christian charity to a band of self-righteous freeloaders.”
For these self-righteous and thin-skinned folks, there are apparently limits to the liberal virtue of tolerance.
This being a manifesto, there are a few moments when Almond sounds like a self-righteous crank.
Grunge makes sense if you're a sad, self-righteous teenager.
Dear sir, I made a square bet with myself that there were nineteen debauchable men in your self-righteous community.
Adams' remark had the effect of taking the sails out of Ben West's self-righteous spirit, and he said nothing more.
The Gospel of the free forgiveness of sins through Christ will never appeal to the self-righteous.
Bruce could not accuse himself of being self-righteous, because he truly acknowledged himself to be a sinner before his God.
But beware of your peculiar danger, which is self-righteous pride, worldliness, and the evil heart of unbelief.
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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-righteous, such as: complacent, egotistical, hypocritical, pious, sanctimonious, and affected.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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