self-righteous
Example Sentences
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How would I experience it as the middle-aged tourist I am today, one who prefers comfort over self-righteous deprivation?
A light touch works better than self-righteous hectoring.
I could feel their disgust and their self-righteous cancellation in every one of the innumerable wounds I already had.
From Los Angeles Times
MacGruber starts the sketch self-righteous, noting that the “rich and powerful have lived by a different set of rules than the rest of us.”
From Salon
“I know James isn’t going to take the impression in a more self-righteous or shrill direction,” he says—not because “SNL” is playing things safe, but because the bit simply wouldn’t be as funny.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
