Antonyms for sanctimonious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˌsæŋk təˈmoʊ ni əs

Definition of sanctimonious

Origin : c.1600 (in "Measure for Measure," with the disparaging sense "making a show of sanctity, affecting an appearance of holiness"), from sanctimony + -ous. The un-ironic, literal sense was used occasionally in English from c.1600 to c.1800. Related: Sanctimoniously; sanctimoniousness.

adj self-righteous

Example sentences :

"If ever there was a sanctimonious hypocrite it's that Mrs. Cripps," she declared.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If ever I ran afoul of a sanctimonious pair of hypocrites they're the pair.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Who do you think you're kidding, Bev, you sanctimonious hypocrite—me?
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

He saw that a year at Dunwood House had produced a sanctimonious prig.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

I don't know why you should have taken it into your head all of a sudden to be so sanctimonious.
Extract from : « The Youngest Girl in the Fifth » by Angela Brazil

They were the black-garbed, sanctimonious emissaries of superior forces.
Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser

He was jealous of Sherif and envied him his sanctimonious disciples.
Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill

Christianity, in his mind, had to do with sanctimonious Puritanism.
Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott

Yet for weeks he must have lied with a grim and sanctimonious face.
Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna

You always were sanctimonious when it was a question of doing things openly.
Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson

Synonyms for sanctimonious

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