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Sanctimonious

//ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs//

Synonyms for "sanctimonious" (63 found)

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General use (59)

Adj, noun, verb(3 words)

narrow affected canting

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adjective(32 words)

fulsome zealous unctuous fanatical insincere hidebound straitlaced censorious priggish overzealous pious hypocritical mealymouthed prudish simon-pure pietistic stiff-necked pharisaic self-righteous holier-than-thou

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pharisaical mealy-mouthed old-maidish overreligious pecksniffian overmodest tartuffish tartuffian zealotic Quakerish ultrareligious overrighteous

Adj, noun(6 words)

puritanical victorian goody goody goody-goody pharisean hypocritic

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(2 words)

demure sanctified

simon pure mid Victorian stiff necked mid-Victorian overdevout

Noun, verb(3 words)

sniveling deceiving snuffling

Adjective(6 words)

pietistic pharisaic self-righteous holier-than-thou pharisaical pietistical

Informal (4)

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

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