holier-than-thou

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Adjective
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hol=i=er-than-thou

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective holier-than-thou has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

holier-than-thouadj. 
     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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