sanctimonious

(săngk'tə-mō'nē-əs)
adj.
Feigning piety or righteousness: "a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg that looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity" (Mark Twain).

sanctimoniously sanc'ti·mo'ni·ous·ly adv.
sanctimoniousness sanc'ti·mo'ni·ous·ness n.

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adjective

Of or practicing hypocrisy: hypocritical, Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, phony, two-faced. See honest/dishonest.

adj

Definition: self-righteous, goody-goody
Antonyms: humble, meek, modest

IN BRIEF: Self-righteous, hypocritical about one's own holiness.

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. — Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), 3rd U.S. president, author of the Declaration of Independence.

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For a list of words related to sanctimonious, see:

• Proper, Courteous, Refined, or Puritanical
• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest
• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skinhellig

Nederlands (Dutch)
schijnheilig

Français (French)
adj. - moralisateur, supérieur (péj)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - scheinheilig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ψευδευλαβής, φαρισαϊκός

Italiano (Italian)
ipocrita, falsamente devoto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - santarrão, hipócrita

Русский (Russian)
ханжеский, лицемерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - beato, mojigato

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skenhelig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
假装神圣的, 假装诚实的, 假装虔诚的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 假裝神聖的, 假裝誠實的, 假裝虔誠的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 신성한 , 신앙이 깊은 체하는, 성인인 체하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 神聖ぶる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منافق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דתי צבוע, מתחסד‬

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