holier-than-thou Antonyms
Strongest:
- down-to-earth
- down-to-earth
- unassuming
- diffident
- timid
- unassertive
- self-critical
- self-doubting
- self-doubting
- diffident
- timid
- meek
- sheepish
- unassertive
- meek
- sheepish
- self-critical
- unassuming
Strong:
- shy
- self-reproachful
- shrinking
- unpretentious
- mousey
- self-distrustful
- overmodest
- modest
- mousy
- self-reproving
- demure
- demure
- unarrogant
- retiring
- unpretentious
- shrinking
- modest
- self-reproachful
- humble
- unarrogant
- introverted
- bashful
- self-reproving
- overmodest
- retiring
- mousy
- humble
- bashful
- shy
- self-distrustful
- introverted
- mousey
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- biggity
- sententious
- admonitory
- pretentious
- haughty
- cocky
- overweening
- conceited
- didactic
- dogmatical
- homiletical
- egoistic
- blustery
- hifalutin
- snooty
- stuck-up
- self-conceited
- homiletic
- swellheaded
- self-satisfied
- vain
- prescriptive
- egotistic
- snobby
- high-and-mighty
- bigheaded
- bombastic
- self-important
- vainglorious
- supercilious
- consequential
- blusterous
- biggety
- braggy
- snobbish
- important
- preachy
- swaggering
- pompous
- admonishing
- complacent
- bumptious
- uppity
- prideful
- masterful
- selfish
- cautionary
- dogmatic
- moralizing
Weak:
- chesty
- pontifical
- lofty
- high-handed
- disdainful
- uppish
- proud
- overconfident
- self-gratulatory
- self-opinionated
- braggart
- self-dramatizing
- presumptuous
- assured
- peremptory
- toplofty
- self-assured
- self-asserting
- lordly
- toploftical
- fastuous
- domineering
- huffy
- assumptive
- superior
- self-engrossed
- self-centered
- high-hat
- presuming
- self-assertive
- confident
- self-promoting
- self-confident
- highfalutin
- self-glorifying
- self-congratulatory
- self-contented
- condescending
- imperious
- patronizing
Meaning of holier-than-thou
holier-than-thou (s)
excessively or hypocritically pious
holier-than-thou Sentence Examples
- The holier-than-thou attitude of the church elders made the congregation feel judged and alienated.
- With a holier-than-thou demeanor, she criticized others for their choices, claiming she was morally superior.
- The holier-than-thou judge refused to listen to the defendant's pleas, believing his own righteousness was absolute.
- The holier-than-thou elite disdained those they deemed unworthy, reinforcing social divisions.
- His holier-than-thou sermon alienated the members of the congregation, turning them away from his teachings.
- With a holier-than-thou expression, she spoke down to others, assuming she possessed all the answers.
- The holier-than-thou politician condemned the actions of his opponents while ignoring his own shortcomings.
- The holier-than-thou environmentalist protested against industries, but secretly used single-use plastics.
- Her holier-than-thou attitude led to isolation as people grew weary of her judgmental demeanor.
- Despite his own flaws, he adopted a holier-than-thou attitude, believing he was above reproach.
FAQs About the word holier-than-thou
excessively or hypocritically pious
smug, arrogant, boastful, self-righteous, moralistic, bragging, egotistical, cavalier, egoistical, biggity
down-to-earth, down-to-earth, unassuming,diffident, timid, unassertive, self-critical, self-doubting, self-doubting, diffident
The holier-than-thou attitude of the church elders made the congregation feel judged and alienated.
With a holier-than-thou demeanor, she criticized others for their choices, claiming she was morally superior.
The holier-than-thou judge refused to listen to the defendant's pleas, believing his own righteousness was absolute.
The holier-than-thou elite disdained those they deemed unworthy, reinforcing social divisions.
