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- [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s]
- /ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs/
- /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s]
- /ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs/
Definitions of sanctimonious word
- adjective sanctimonious making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America. 1
- adjective sanctimonious Obsolete. holy; sacred. 1
- adjective sanctimonious self-righteous, preachy 1
- adjective sanctimonious If you say that someone is sanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people. 0
- adjective sanctimonious affecting piety or making a display of holiness 0
- adjective sanctimonious pretending to be very holy or pious; affecting sanctity or righteousness 0
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Origin of sanctimonious
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; sanctimony + -ous
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Parts of speech for Sanctimonious
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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sanctimonious popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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adj sanctimonious
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- fulsome — offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- high-hat — to snub or treat condescendingly.
adverb sanctimonious
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
adjective sanctimonious
- jivey — resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- moralising — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizing — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
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