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单词 holier-than-thou
释义

holier-than-thou

adjective

ho·​li·​er-than-thou ˌhō-lē-ər-t͟hən-ˈt͟hau̇ How to pronounce holier-than-thou (audio)
: marked by an air of superior piety or morality

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

holier-than-thou

adjective

as in smug
disapproving having or showing the annoying attitude of people who believe that they are morally better than other people a holier-than-thou attitude

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • smug
  • cavalier
  • boastful
  • bragging
  • arrogant
  • moralistic
  • self-righteous
  • moralizing
  • preachy
  • selfish
  • pompous
  • vainglorious
  • conceited
  • dogmatic
  • egotistic
  • bigheaded
  • complacent
  • egotistical
  • egoistic
  • didactic
  • admonishing
  • masterful
  • egoistical
  • self-important
  • cocky
  • homiletic
  • self-satisfied
  • cautionary
  • prideful
  • vain
  • snooty
  • biggety
  • sententious
  • admonitory
  • snobbish
  • prescriptive
  • swaggering
  • supercilious
  • uppity
  • stuck-up
  • snobby
  • self-conceited
  • swellheaded
  • pretentious
  • haughty
  • bombastic
  • overweening
  • braggart
  • blusterous
  • important
  • blustery
  • bumptious
  • huffy
  • high-and-mighty
  • braggy
  • homiletical
  • assured
  • consequential
  • dogmatical
  • assumptive
  • hifalutin
  • proud
  • domineering
  • self-opinionated
  • pontifical
  • disdainful
  • biggity
  • toplofty
  • uppish
  • highfalutin
  • chesty
  • overconfident
  • condescending
  • presumptuous
  • superior
  • lordly
  • toploftical
  • imperious
  • peremptory
  • high-handed
  • patronizing
  • self-glorifying
  • fastuous
  • confident
  • presuming
  • lofty
  • self-congratulatory
  • self-assertive
  • self-contented
  • high-hat
  • self-dramatizing
  • self-asserting
  • self-assured
  • self-centered
  • self-engrossed
  • self-gratulatory
  • self-adulatory
  • self-confident
  • self-promoting
  • self-affected
  • self-applauding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • diffident
  • meek
  • timid
  • unassertive
  • sheepish
  • self-doubting
  • unassuming
  • self-reproachful
  • self-critical
  • bashful
  • unpretentious
  • self-distrustful
  • humble
  • self-reproving
  • demure
  • mousy
  • overmodest
  • shy
  • mousey
  • introverted
  • shrinking
  • modest
  • retiring
  • unarrogant
  • down-to-earth
  • egoless
  • uncomplacent
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