"sanctimonious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/ [UK], /ˌsæŋk.təˈməʊ.ni.əs/ [UK], /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ [US], /ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ [US] Audio: en-au-sanctimonious.ogg , En-us-sanctimonious.oga Forms: more sanctimonious [comparative], most sanctimonious [superlative]
Etymology: From sanctimony + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sanctimony|ous}} sanctimony + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} sanctimonious (comparative more sanctimonious, superlative most sanctimonious)
  1. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious. Translations (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically): престорено набожен (prestoreno nabožen) (Bulgarian), skinhellig (Danish), hyklerisk (english: hypocritical) (Danish), farisæisk (english: pharisaic. Archaic) (Danish), schijnheilig (Dutch), hooghartig (Dutch), bigota (Esperanto), farisea (Esperanto), hipokrita (Esperanto), tekopyhä (Finnish), pyhimysmäinen (Finnish), hurskasteleva (Finnish), jeesusteleva [colloquial] (Finnish), hypocrite (French), faux dévot (French), tartuffe (French), bigot (French), confit en dévotion (French), moino [masculine] (Galician), doido [masculine] (Galician), mansoño [masculine] (Galician), frömmelnd (German), scheinheilig (German), pfäffisch (German), ψευδευλαβής (psevdevlavís) [masculine] (Greek), αγιοφανής (agiofanís) (Greek), מתחסד (Hebrew), צדקני (Hebrew), पाखण्ड (pākhaṇḍ) (Hindi), szenteskedő (Hungarian), álszent (Hungarian), sok suci (Indonesian), diagasúil (Irish), bréagchráifeach (Irish), béalchráifeach (Irish), tartufo (Italian), santimonia (Italian), pretesco [masculine] (Italian), tartufesco [masculine] (Italian), baciapile (Italian), bacchettone [masculine] (Italian), skinnhellig (Norwegian Bokmål), skinheilag (Norwegian Nynorsk), świętoszkowaty (Polish), świętojebliwy [vulgar] (Polish), santimonial (Portuguese), ханжеский (xanžeskij) (Russian), beul-chràbhach (Scottish Gaelic), breug-chràbhach (Scottish Gaelic), santurrón [masculine] (Spanish), santón [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), gazmoño [masculine] (Spanish), mojigato [masculine] (Spanish), (Bol.) pechoño [masculine] (Spanish), meapilas (Spanish), tartufo [masculine] (Spanish), chupacirios (Spanish), santulón [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), skenhelig (Swedish), yobaz (jɔ.baz) [colloquial] (Turkish), פֿרומאַקיש (frumakish) (Yiddish), צבֿועקיש (tsvuyakish) (Yiddish), באַגאָטיש (bagotish) (Yiddish)
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  2. (archaic) Holy, devout. Tags: archaic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: DeSanctimonious, sanctimoniously, sanctimoniousness Related terms: sanctimony
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          "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
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          "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
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          "roman": "xanžeskij",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "word": "chupacirios"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "santulón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "word": "skenhelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "yobaz (jɔ.baz)"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "frumakish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "word": "פֿרומאַקיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsvuyakish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "word": "צבֿועקיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bagotish",
      "sense": "making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically",
      "word": "באַגאָטיש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sanctimonious"
}

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