sanctimonious


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sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous

 (săngk′tə-mō′nē-əs)
adj.
1. Behaving with sanctimony: a sanctimonious politician who was proven to be a hypocrite.
2. Characterized by sanctimony: "The history we brandish as a light to nations is largely a sanctimonious tissue of myth and self-infatuation" (Benjamin Schwartz).
sanc′ti·mo′ni·ous·ly adv.
sanc′ti·mo′ni·ous·ness n.
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sanctimonious

(ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs)
adj
affecting piety or making a display of holiness
[C17: from Latin sanctimonia sanctity, from sanctus holy]
ˌsanctiˈmoniously adv
ˌsanctiˈmoniousness n
ˈsanctimony n
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sanc•ti•mo•ni•ous

(ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs)

adj.
showing or marked by false piety or righteousness; hypocritically virtuous.
sanc`ti•mo′ni•ous•ly, adv.
sanc`ti•mo′ni•ous•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sanctimonious - excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, self-righteous, pietistic, pietistical
pious - having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"
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sanctimonious

adjective pious, smug, hypocritical, pi (Brit. slang), too good to be true, self-righteous, self-satisfied, goody-goody (informal), unctuous, holier-than-thou, priggish, pietistic, canting, pharisaical, Tartuffian or Tartufian He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish.
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sanctimonious

adjective
Of or practicing hypocrisy:
hypocritical, Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, phony, two-faced.
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Translations
مُنافِق، مُتَظاهِر بالتَّقْوى
svatouškovský
skinhellig
szenteskedõ
meî helgislepju; hræsnisfullur
šventeiviškaišventeiviškasšventeiviškumas
svētulīgs
svätuškárstvo
dindarlık taslayan

sanctimonious

[ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs] ADJ → mojigato, santurrón
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sanctimonious

[ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊniəs] adj [person, tone] → moralisateur/trice
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sanctimonious

adj → frömmlerisch; don’t be so sanctimonious about it → tu doch nicht so fromm
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sanctimonious

[ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs] adj (pej) (person) → bigotto/a, bacchettone/a; (tone) → moraleggiante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sanctimonious

(sӕŋktiˈməuniəs) adjective
trying to appear full of holiness or goodness. a sanctimonious expression.
ˌsanctiˈmoniously adverb
ˌsanctiˈmoniousness noun
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The black, glassy eyes glittered with a kind of wicked drollery, and the thing struck up, in a clear shrill voice, an odd negro melody, to which she kept time with her hands and feet, spinning round, clapping her hands, knocking her knees together, in a wild, fantastic sort of time, and producing in her throat all those odd guttural sounds which distinguish the native music of her race; and finally, turning a summerset or two, and giving a prolonged closing note, as odd and unearthly as that of a steam-whistle, she came suddenly down on the carpet, and stood with her hands folded, and a most sanctimonious expression of meekness and solemnity over her face, only broken by the cunning glances which she shot askance from the corners of her eyes.
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She had gazed at the addressed envelope, smiled (I was looking up at her from my desk), and at last took it up with an effort of sanctimonious repugnance.
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