self righteous

Main Entry:
self-righteous [self-rahy-chuhs, self-]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: smug
Synonyms: affected, canting, complacent, egotistical, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, noble, pharisaic, pietistic, pious, preachy, sanctimonious, self-satisfied, superior
Antonyms: caring, humble, thoughtful, understanding
Main Entry: goody-goody
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: straight-laced
Synonyms: God-fearing, PC, Puritan, Victorian, goody two-shoes, holier-than-thou, moral, nice, pious, politically correct, priggish, prissy, prudish, self-righteous, unctuous, virtuous
Main Entry: hypocritical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deceitful, pretending
Synonyms: affected, artificial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, feigning, fishy, fraudulent, glib, hollow, insincere, jivey, left-handed, lying, moralistic, oily, pharisaical, phony, pietistic, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, snide, specious, spurious, two-faced, unctuous, unnatural, unreliable
Antonyms: actual, authentic, forthright, honest, just, real, reliable, righteous, sincere, truthful, upright
Main Entry: smug
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pleased with oneself
Synonyms: complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistical, holier-than-thou, hotshot, pompous, priggish, puffed-up, self-contented, self-righteous, self-satisfied, snobbish, stuck on oneself, stuck-up, stuffy, superior, vainglorious
Antonyms: modest, unhappy, unself-confident, unsure
Main Entry: canting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hypocritical
Synonyms: dishonest, insincere, self-righteous, two-faced
Main Entry: sententious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pompous
Synonyms: bombastic, fustian, oratorical, ornate, pretentious, self-righteous, showy, turgid
Main Entry: Pecksniffian
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hypocritical
Synonyms: affected, artificial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, feigning, fishy, fraudulent, glib, hollow, insincere, jivey, left-handed, lying, moralistic, oily, pharisaic, pharisaical, phony*, pietistic, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, smooth*, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, snide, specious, spurious, two-faced, unctuous, unnatural, unreliable
Main Entry: pharisaic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hypocritical
Synonyms: Pecksniffian, affected, artificial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, feigning, fishy, fraudulent, glib, hollow, insincere, jivey, left-handed, lying, moralistic, oily, pharisaical, phony*, pietistic, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, smooth*, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, snide, specious, spurious, two-faced, unctuous, unnatural, unreliable
Main Entry: pharisaical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hypocritical
Synonyms: Pecksniffian, affected, artificial, assuming, bland, canting, captious, caviling, deceptive, deluding, dissembling, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, feigning, fishy, fraudulent, glib, hollow, insincere, jivey, left-handed, lying, moralistic, oily, pharisaic, phony*, pietistic, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, smooth*, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, snide, specious, spurious, two-faced, unctuous, unnatural, unreliable
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