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