Usually means: Superior attitude, disdainfully morally righteous.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. holier-than-thou: Merriam-Webster
  2. holier-than-thou: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. holier-than-thou: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. holier-than-thou, holier-than-thou: Collins English Dictionary
  5. holier-than-thou: Vocabulary.com
  6. holier-than-thou: Wordnik
  7. holier-than-thou: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. holier-than-thou: Wiktionary
  9. holier-than-thou: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. holier-than-thou: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. holier-than-thou: Dictionary.com
  12. Holier-than-thou: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. holier-than-thou: Rhymezone
  14. holier-than-thou: FreeDictionary.org
  15. holier-than-thou: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. holier-than-thou: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. holier-than-thou: Encyclopedia

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  1. holier-than-thou: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  (derogatory) Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.

Similar:
self-righteous, sanctimonious, pharisaical, pietistical, pharisaic, pious, pietistic, dogmatic, hierophobic, hyperhygienist, more...

Opposite:
hypocritical, self-righteous

Types:
sanctimonious, self-righteous, pious, self-satisfied, smug, self-important, more...

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Similar:
self-righteous, sanctimonious, pharisaical, pietistical, pharisaic, pious, pietistic, dogmatic, hierophobic, hyperhygienist, more...

Opposite:
hypocritical, self-righteous

Types:
sanctimonious, self-righteous, pious, self-satisfied, smug, self-important, more...



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