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sanctimonioussanc‧ti‧mo‧ni‧ous /ˌsæŋktəˈməʊniəs◂ $ -ˈmoʊ-/ adjective formal   sanctimoniousOrigin: 1600-1700 sanctimony ‘sanctimoniousness’ (16-21 centuries), from Latin sanctimonia ‘holiness’, from sanctus; ➔ SAINT - Don't be so sanctimonious Helen! I'll live my life the way I want to live it.
- Many sanctimonious speeches were made about the need for honesty in government.
- The Principal reacted to the school party with an air of sanctimonious disapproval.
- I was about to say, Harry, that I was accused by some friends last night of being sanctimonious.
- I wonder what happened to all the sanctimonious talk about putting his family first for the first time in his life?
- Moodie looked sanctimonious whilst Scawsby could hardly hide his crows of triumph.
- Nowadays he is a sanctimonious old man seemingly unaware of his own involvement in the problems of his family.
- She is also a splendid contrast to the noble-minded and sanctimonious Mrs. Jervis.
- That was a false and sanctimonious puritanism, such as had dogged the Inquisitor's own youth.
- There was considerable pressure for actions against them from a sanctimonious middle class, some of whose members held extraordinary delusions.
thinking you are morally better than other people► self-righteous feeling very confident about how good you are and about your high moral standards, in a way that annoys other people: · His grandparents were stern and self-righteous people.· I've got nothing against vegetarians, but some of them are so self-righteous! ► sanctimonious behaving as if you are morally better than other people, especially in telling them what you think is right and wrong: · Don't be so sanctimonious, Helen! I'll live my life the way I want to live it.· The Principal reacted to the school party with an air of sanctimonious disapproval. ► holier-than-thou showing other people very clearly that you think you are morally better than they are: · I know he doesn't smoke or drink but I wish he wasn't so holier-than-thou.· She was intensely irritated by Emma's holier-than-thou attitude. ► moralistic telling other people what you think is right or wrong about their behaviour, especially in an annoying way or when you have no right to do this: · Our teachers were dull, uninspiring, and moralistic.· a moralistic, middle-class newspaper ► preachy trying too hard to make people accept your ideas about what it right or wrong, especially when this is unnecessary or annoying: · It's not a bad book, but it's a bit preachy.· Much of the film is preachy, pretentious, and slow. behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a way that is annoying – used to show disapproval SYN self-righteous:  sanctimonious politicians preaching about family values—sanctimoniously adverb—sanctimoniousness noun [uncountable] |