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adjectivemaking a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America. Obsolete. holy; sacred. Origin of sanctimoniousFirst recorded in 1595–1605; sanctimony + -ous OTHER WORDS FROM sanctimonioussanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverbsanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ness, nounnon·sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous, adjectivenon·sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverb non·sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ness, nounun·sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous, adjectiveun·sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverbun·sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous·ness, noun Words nearby sanctimoniousSan Clemente, San Clemente Island, San Cristóbal, sanctified, sanctify, sanctimonious, sanctimony, sanction, sanction mark, sanctitude, sanctity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sanctimoniousThe sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually. Keep Christmas Commercialized!|P. J. O’Rourke|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is a sanctimonious doctor show combined with a sanctimonious mob drama—and misses the core of the profession. ‘Mob Doctor’: Boring TV Show Misses the Mark on What Physicians Do|Kent Sepkowitz|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST One purported fan blogged a review calling the interlude “an interminable and sanctimonious speech.” Intimate Madonna Show at Paris’s Olympia Hall Turns Ugly|Tracy McNicoll|July 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST Other terms for Santorum: “religious,” “sanctimonious,” and “God-talker.” The GOP Candidates Defined? A Word Cloud From Daily Beast Readers|Sam Schlinkert|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The pious, sanctimonious Oscar ceremony is how Hollywood wants to see itself. The Gaudy, Gauche and Sometimes Corrupt Greatness of the Golden Globes|Richard Rushfield|January 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST Christianity, in his mind, had to do with sanctimonious Puritanism. The sanctimonious and lugubrious Sleek; the effusive and rubicund Toodles! William E. Burton: Actor, Author, and Manager|William L. Keese If ever I ran afoul of a sanctimonious pair of hypocrites they're the pair. Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln It's true her husband was the most sanctimonious prig I've ever met in my life. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor|William Somerset Maugham He never cheated me, and I find him better company than your sanctimonious, psalm-singing sort. Satan Sanderson|Hallie Erminie Rives
British Dictionary definitions for sanctimonious
adjectiveaffecting piety or making a display of holiness Derived forms of sanctimonioussanctimoniously, adverbsanctimoniousness, nounsanctimony, nounWord Origin for sanctimoniousC17: from Latin sanctimonia sanctity, from sanctus holy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sanctimoniousself-satisfied, hypocritical, pious, insincere, smug, stuffy, bigoted, canting, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, preachy, unctuous, pharisaical, pietistic, false, deceiving |