self-righteous

[ self-rahy-chuhs, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈraɪ tʃəs, ˈsɛlf- /

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adjective

confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.

Origin of self-righteous

First recorded in 1670–80

SYNONYMS FOR self-righteous

sanctimonious, pharisaical.

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OTHER WORDS FROM self-righteous

self-right·eous·ly, adverb self-right·eous·ness, noun un·self-right·eous, adjective un·self-right·eous·ly, adverb

un·self-right·eous·ness, noun

Words nearby self-righteous

self-respect, self-restraint, self-retaining catheter, self-revealing, self-revelation, self-righteous, self-righting, self-rising, self-rule, self-sacrifice, self-satisfaction

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He was “v[ery] hot under the collar ... frustrated and mad, self-righteous.”

How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations |Malcolm Byrne |November 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Washington, claims Larson, “was in no mood to extend Christian charity to a band of self-righteous freeloaders.”

Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism |William O’Connor |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For these self-righteous and thin-skinned folks, there are apparently limits to the liberal virtue of tolerance.

Pew Study: Americans Are Self-Segregating Amid Proliferating Partisan Media |John Avlon |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This being a manifesto, there are a few moments when Almond sounds like a self-righteous crank.

Has Football Jumped the Shark? |Kevin Canfield |September 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Grunge makes sense if you're a sad, self-righteous teenager.

Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary |Andrew Romano |May 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I begin to think the Pharisees were modest and self-distrustful as compared to self-righteous me.

The Diary of a Saint |Arlo Bates
First, by the self-righteous hypocrites who fancy that they can be justified by the Law.

Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians |Martin Luther
The Gospel of the free forgiveness of sins through Christ will never appeal to the self-righteous.

Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians |Martin Luther
Was He a strait-laced, self-righteous Pharisee, too good, too religious to have anything to say to those who disagreed with Him?

We Two |Edna Lyall
How full of self-love are the self-righteous, and how void of the love of God!

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon |Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

British Dictionary definitions for self-righteous

self-righteous

adjective

having or showing an exaggerated awareness of one's own virtuousness or rights

Derived forms of self-righteous

self-righteously, adverb self-righteousness, noun

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