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holier-than-thou
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective holier-than-thou has 1 sense
- holier-than-thou(s = adj.all) pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous - excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
CIDE DICTIONARY
holier-than-thou, adj.
being excessively or hypocritically pious while condemning others as being less virtuous than oneself. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
holier-than-thou
Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, canting, false, goody, goody-goody, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, mealymouthed, oily, pharisaic, pharisean, pietistic, pious, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure, sniveling, unctuous
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