holier-than-thou
5
8.7
- idiom
- /ˈhoʊliər ðən ðəˈaʊ/
- Offensive
:
santurrón
- "You can't even have coffee with him," because he is holier than thou.
- holier-than-thou attitude
And that's when that's when Hollywood and these and people that just are holier than thou, that's when they bail.
- And that's when that's when Hollywood and these and people that just are holier than thou, that's when they bail.
Examples
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Thanks for saving them from your self-righteous, holier-than-thou point of view.
Blog text (26) -
Not because of the Facebook quotes, but because of the holier-than-thou attitudes these parents developed when they were very new at it.
Blog text (21) -
I did not want you to go all holier-than-thou with the babies debate.
Blog text (27) -
I certainly appreciate that fact; I donated to the Red Cross, but stop it with your holier-than-thou attitudes.
Blog text (4) -
I always hate it when people become holier-than-thou doom-and-gloomers.
Blog text (17) -
Sorry you felt the style that Amy and I presented was self-righteous and holier-than-thou, and the way it was presented was awful.
Blog text (26) -
Damn it, I am sick and tired of your holier-than-thou attitude, of you always being the judge of who's right and who's wrong.
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All I can say is that he's toned down the finger-wagging and holier-than-thou attitude in his most recent films.
Blog text (2) -
All of us do it, and we should simply admit it and not adopt the pious holier-than-thou pretense that we don't.
Academic text (1992) -
I'm getting tired of your holier-than-thou attitude during our discussions.
Synonyms
55
7.8
Thinking you are better than other people about right and wrong and judging them
23
8.5
Acting as if you are morally better than other people
16
7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
16
6.3
A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them
14
8.1
Acting proud and looking down on other people
4
8.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
3
8.6
Acting like you are better than other people
2
8.2
Behaving as if you are better than others to show you are good
1
9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
1
8.0
Acting very proud and treating others as unimportant
Pretending to be morally better while judging others
Showing false moral pride and judging others harshly
Pretending to be very religious to seem morally better than others
Showing false religious feeling to seem very religious
Antonyms
How Self-Righteous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Holier-than-thou comes from an old phrase that puts holy ('pure' or 'good') next to the old word thou ('you'), so it creates the image of someone acting 'more holy than you'. That's why the adjective describes a person who seems to think they are morally better than others.