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