Dictionary Definition
sanctimonious adj : excessively or hypocritically
pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou,
pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, self-righteous]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Making a show of being morally better than others.
- hypocritically pious
- Holy, devout
Translations
Making a show of being morally better than
others
- German: frömmelnd
hypocritically pious
- German: scheinheilig
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Pecksniffian, Quakerish, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, canting, censorious, deceiving, demure, false, fanatical, goody, goody-goody, hidebound, holier-than-thou,
hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, mealy-mouthed,
mealymouthed,
mid-Victorian, narrow,
oily, old-maidish, overdevout, overmodest, overreligious, overrighteous, overzealous, pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisean, pietistic, pious, priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, sanctified, self-righteous,
simon-pure, smug, sniveling, snuffling, stiff-necked,
straitlaced,
stuffy, ultrareligious, unctuous, zealotic, zealous