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