holier-than-thou Antonyms
Strongest:
- timid
- meek
- self-critical
- sheepish
- down-to-earth
- unassuming
- diffident
- sheepish
- unassertive
- diffident
- unassertive
- self-doubting
- self-critical
- meek
- unassuming
- self-doubting
- down-to-earth
- timid
Strong:
- humble
- self-distrustful
- unpretentious
- unpretentious
- self-reproving
- bashful
- shrinking
- modest
- shrinking
- mousy
- mousey
- self-reproving
- mousey
- introverted
- shy
- unarrogant
- demure
- retiring
- overmodest
- mousy
- introverted
- self-distrustful
- self-reproachful
- bashful
- retiring
- self-reproachful
- overmodest
- shy
- demure
- humble
- unarrogant
- modest
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- conceited
- preachy
- admonishing
- masterful
- vainglorious
- swellheaded
- homiletical
- sententious
- pompous
- supercilious
- complacent
- moralizing
- haughty
- bombastic
- biggity
- bumptious
- prideful
- pretentious
- egoistic
- cautionary
- braggy
- admonitory
- selfish
- uppity
- blusterous
- high-and-mighty
- dogmatical
- consequential
- dogmatic
- self-important
- overweening
- cocky
- prescriptive
- snobby
- swaggering
- bigheaded
- vain
- hifalutin
- biggety
- self-conceited
- snooty
- homiletic
- blustery
- stuck-up
- snobbish
- didactic
- egotistic
- self-satisfied
- important
Weak:
- huffy
- self-assured
- domineering
- disdainful
- self-gratulatory
- toplofty
- high-hat
- lofty
- chesty
- assumptive
- presumptuous
- condescending
- presuming
- confident
- uppish
- assured
- self-opinionated
- self-promoting
- self-engrossed
- braggart
- proud
- high-handed
- superior
- self-centered
- toploftical
- imperious
- highfalutin
- peremptory
- self-congratulatory
- pontifical
- self-contented
- patronizing
- self-asserting
- fastuous
- self-confident
- lordly
- overconfident
- self-glorifying
- self-dramatizing
- self-assertive
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
egotistical, arrogant, cavalier, bragging,smug, self-righteous, moralistic, egoistical, boastful, conceited
timid, meek, self-critical, sheepish, down-to-earth, unassuming, diffident, sheepish, unassertive,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.
