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