They pretend to be sanctimonious but, in fact, they are hypocrite and despicable.
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Sanctimonious
//ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs//
Synonyms for "sanctimonious" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Adjective(22 words)
grandiosehanktyhaughthaughtyhauthigh and mightyhigh-handedhigh-hathighfalutinhoity-toityholier-than-thouhubristichubristicalimperiousinflatedinsolentla-di-dalah-di-dahoppressiveorgulous
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Related words (65)
Adjective(27 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- престорено набожен adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 偽善 /伪善 adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- 虛偽 /虚伪 adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- 道貌岸然的 adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Danish
3 entries- farisæisk adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- hyklerisk adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- skinhellig adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Dutch
2 entries- hooghartig adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- schijnheilig adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Esperanto
3 entries- bigota adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- farisea adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- hipokrita adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Finnish
4 entries- hurskasteleva adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- jeesusteleva adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- pyhimysmäinen adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- tekopyhä adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
French
4 entries- bigot adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- confit en dévotion adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- faux dévot adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- hypocrite adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Galician
3 entries- doido adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- mansoño adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- moino adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
German
3 entries- frömmelnd adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- pfäffisch adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- scheinheilig adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Greek
2 entries- αγιοφανής adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- ψευδευλαβής adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Hebrew
2 entries- מתחסד adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- צדקני adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Hindi
1 entries- पाखण्ड adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Hungarian
2 entries- szenteskedő adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- álszent adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Indonesian
1 entries- sok suci adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Irish
3 entries- bréagchráifeach adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- béalchráifeach adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- diagasúil adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Italian
4 entries- bacchettone adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- baciapile adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- pretesco adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- santimonia adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skinnhellig adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skinheilag adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Polish
2 entries- świętojebliwy adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- świętoszkowaty adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Portuguese
1 entries- santimonial adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Russian
1 entries- ха́нжеский adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- beul-chràbhach adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- breug-chràbhach adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Spanish
4 entries- (Bol.) pechoño adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- chupacirios adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- gazmoño adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- meapilas adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Swedish
1 entries- skenhelig adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Turkish
1 entries- yobaz (jɔ.baz) adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Yiddish
3 entries- באַגאָטיש adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- פֿרומאַקיש adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
- צבֿועקיש adj (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I've had enough of this sanctimonious talk.
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Some critics loved the film, while others did not, one calling it sanctimonious drivel.
Source: tatoeba (11047012)
"We use the word Pharisee for sanctimonious types, or for those who commit the sin of adding to scripture." "Wow; I've always called those types Christians."
Source: tatoeba (11307149)
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