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单词 sanctimonious
释义
sanctimonious
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/us
/ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs/
actingas ifmorallybetterthanothers:
假装圣洁的；道貌岸然的；伪善的
sanctimoniousreligiousleaderspreachingaboutmorality宣讲道德的道貌岸然的宗教领袖们
Synonyms
holier-than-thoudisapproving
self-righteousdisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling morally superior
  • claim
  • claim the moral high groundidiom
  • de haut en bas
  • holier-than-thou
  • judgmental
  • judgmentally
  • loftiness
  • moralistic
  • pearl-clutching
  • preachy
  • priggish
  • righteously
  • sanctimoniously
  • sanctimoniousness
  • self-righteous
  • self-righteously
  • superior
  • superiority complex
  • virtue signalling
  • virtuous
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sanctimoniously
sanctimoniousness
(Definition ofsanctimoniousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sanctimonious| American Dictionary

sanctimonious
adjective
disapproving
us
/ˌsæŋk·təˈmoʊ·ni·əs/
showingthat youbelieveyou aremorallybetter, or morereligious:
sanctimoniousremarks
(Definition ofsanctimoniousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsanctimonious

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We saw a lot of rathersanctimoniousnonsense in the press about that at times.
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To people outside, some of us may appear to besanctimonious.
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There may be some who aresanctimonious, but whether that can be described as mob rule is a different matter altogether.
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Why, then, is there all this high,sanctimoniousself-righteousness from the other side?
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I myself see nothing in the practice to be worried about, and far less to besanctimoniousabout.
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I have always been against independent pay review bodies, royal commissions and all other forms ofsanctimoniouswisdom.
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We have just heard a self-serving, self-seeking,sanctimoniousand tawdry little speech.
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Before he adopts toosanctimoniousa tone, he should recognise that fact.
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There is nothing worse than asanctimoniousmob on such occasions.
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He could not rise above his normal litany ofsanctimonioushumbug, tedentious statistics and scurrilous scares.
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What we find most difficult to accept is thesanctimoniousself-congratulation and the hyping up of the extent of the increase in the money provided.
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What is particularly nauseating is thesanctimoniousspirit in which this has been done.
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I shall not go as far as saying that that remark was a littlesanctimonious.
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Asanctimoniouscode of that kind is no good at all unless it is put into operation by the gentlemen concerned in the advertising industry.
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In reply today he referred to thesanctimoniousnature of my question.
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