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[syn: holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Self-righteous \Self`-right"eous\, a.
Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
self-righteous
adj 1: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou,
pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical,
sanctimonious, self-righteous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-righteous":
Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, complacent, false,
goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, insincere,
mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed, pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical,
pi, pietistic, pious, priggish, sanctified, sanctimonious,
self-satisfied, smug, sniveling, superior, unctuous