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self-righteous

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic.
  2. Patronizingly moralizing and rebuking.

Equivalents

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Examples

“Near-synonyms: smug, complacent; sanctimonious”
“And is it not possible, Mr. Hier, that people are reacting (in a contemptible way, certainly) against your self-righteous bawling?”
““God's blood, Thomas, self-righteous prickery is not the preserve⟳ of the English!””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

self-righting self-rising self-ruling self-sabotaging self-sacrificing self-same

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