Self-righteous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-righteous \Self`-right"eous\, a.
     Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-righteous
       adj : excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
             sanctimonious smile" [syn: {holier-than-thou}, {pietistic},
              {pietistical}, {pharisaic}, {pharisaical}, {sanctimonious}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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