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Synonyms for sanctimonious
ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əssanc·ti·mo·nious
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Princeton's WordNet
holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteousadjective
excessively or hypocritically pious
"a sickening sanctimonious smile"
Synonyms:
pharisaic, pietistical, self-righteous, pharisaical, pietistic, holier-than-thouAntonyms:
impious
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sanctimoniousadjective
Synonyms:
pharisaical, affectedly holy, hypocritically devout
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#38412 | hypocritical | |
#103880 | sanctimonious | |
#104238 | moralistic | |
#128290 | moralist | |
#293762 | pharisaic |
How to use sanctimonious in a sentence?
[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.
Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy, sanctimonious James Comey was Sanctimonious James Comey boss and made Andrew McCabe look like a choirboy. Sanctimonious James Comey knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI !
Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
Translations for sanctimonious
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- مدعي التهذيبArabic
- pokryteckýCzech
- sanktionerendeDanish
- frömmelnd, scheinheiligGerman
- sanktaEsperanto
- mojigato, tartufo, pechoñoSpanish
- مقدسPersian
- jeesusteleva, hurskasteleva, tekopyhä, pyhimysmäinenFinnish
- tartuffe, faux dévot, bigot, hypocrite, confit en dévotionFrench
- bréagchráifeach, diagasúilIrish
- cràbhachScottish Gaelic
- पाखंडीHindi
- álszentHungarian
- munafikIndonesian
- baciapile, bigotto, tartufo, santimonia, devotoItalian
- מִתחַסֵדHebrew
- 仏臭いJapanese
- ಪವಿತ್ರವಾದKannada
- sanctimoniousLatin
- skinnhelligNorwegian
- hooghartig, schijnheiligDutch
- skinheilagNorwegian Nynorsk
- świętoszkowaty, świętojebliwyPolish
- hipócritaPortuguese
- sanctimoniosRomanian
- ханжеский, лицемерныйRussian
- skenheligSwedish
- புனிதமானTamil
- sahte sofuTurkish
- святенницькийUkrainian
- مقدسUrdu
- tôn nghiêmVietnamese
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