sanctimonious

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Editorial note

Let's not get sanctimonious about what people do with their time.

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excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"

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adjective

excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for sanctimonious.

adjective

excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"

Example sentences

Let's not get sanctimonious about what people do with their time.

"Nothing quite as rich as sanctimonious shit from a rich scatologist

He could pay-per-view when he hands in the paper -- I'd pay to see those sanctimonious assclowns get owned by this guy.

Is there anything worse than a sanctimonious early-riser who thinks that work is more valuable because of the time of day that it occurred?

Scolding and finger-wagging was bad enough coming from a first-grade teacher trying to promote sanctimonious values back in the 1950s.

The only difference is that the competitors aren't sanctimonious by holding up virtues that they can't legitimately claim.

I think Apple's anti-Flash position was justified using some pretty "sanctimonious proclamations", though, wasn't it?

So you see this sanctimonious abolition of "cursing", where it's okay to say "darn" instead of "damn" and "butt" instead of "ass" and "I am displeased" instead of "this is fucking bullshit".So this notion of "taking the Lord's name in vain" must mean something else.