Sanctimonious
Word | SANCTIMONIOUS |
Character | 13 |
Hyphenation | sanc ti mo ni ous |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Sanctimonious"
What do we mean by sanctimonious?
Behaving with sanctimony. adjective
Characterized by sanctimony. adjective
Possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious.
Making a show of sanctity; affecting the appearance of sanctity.
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. adjective
Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. adjective
Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious. adjective
Holy, devout. adjective
Excessively or hypocritically pious adjective
Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
Holy, devout.
The word sanctimonious is another word for big headed,self riteous, bitch, etc. sanctimonious people think they're it and act like it. they go around thinking they're brilliant, being sanctimonious is not a good thing!! Urban Dictionary
Giving a hypocrital appearance of piety Urban Dictionary
Bono. Urban Dictionary
Holier-than-thou: Making an exaggerated show of holiness or moral superiority. Urban Dictionary
A virtue signalling and pretentious individual who thinks they are above everyone else. Urban Dictionary
Of or having a higher morality than is common. Urban Dictionary
A term that not only perfectly describes a kind of hypocritically high-minded atheism but also has the added benefit of being very funny due to the fact that it is even intelligible (coined by author / blogger Frank Portman, 2006) Urban Dictionary
Someone (usually female) who sees themselves in a position of superiority and once they have made up their mind (lazily) don't listen to any rational argument, but always have a personally objectifying explanation at the ready for why one is disagreeing or complaining. Urban Dictionary
A person (or conglomerate of two persons who are virtually indistinhuishable as individuals) who is so far up his or her own (or their own collective) arsehole their own mother wants to run them down. Urban Dictionary
Someone, usually female, who not only wants to be the center of attention, but who specifically seeks highly visible opportunities to act self-righteous at the expense of others, in order to receive temporary affections from cohorts, so as to validate their own fragile sense of self-worth. Also known as S.A.W. A group of Sanctimonious Attention Whores is called a "Squabble". A male courtier, or loud-mouthed defendent/apologist, of a Sanctimonious Attention Whore is called a "SAW John" or "Squawker". Urban Dictionary
Synonyms and Antonyms for Sanctimonious
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