self-righteous
adjective
disapproving(alsoselfrighteous)uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs/us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs/believingthatyourideasandbehaviouraremorallybetterthan those of otherpeople:
自以为是的；自认为道德高尚的He's so self-righteous - like he's never done anythingwrongin hislife.他非常自以为是——就像是一生都没做过错事似的。
Thoseindividualsbecomeself-righteous andclaimthey are beingdiscriminatedagainst when infactthey are not.
He was the mostannoying,arrogant, selfrighteouspersonI hadevermet.
Synonyms
holier-than-thoudisapproving
sanctimoniousformaldisapproving
See also
righteousadjectiveformal
- I'm reallyfedup with all these self-righteousmusicianstellingus what tothinkand do.
- Ithinkwhathappenswhen weallowouremotionsgetinvolvedinjudgementis that webecomevery self-righteous.
- They arefreetostrikeself-righteousposeswhileignoringthe anxieties of so manypeople.
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- claim the moral high groundidiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- judgmentally
- loftiness
- moralistic
- pearl-clutching
- preachy
- priggish
- righteously
- sanctimonious
- sanctimoniously
- sanctimoniousness
- self-righteously
- superior
- superiority complex
- virtue signalling
- virtuous