self-righteous

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌself-ˈrighteous [self-righteous self-righteously self-righteousness] BrE NAmE adjective (disapproving)
feeling or behaving as if what you say or do is always morally right, and other people are wrong
Syn: ↑sanctimonious
Derived Words: ↑self-righteously ▪ ↑self-righteousness

Example Bank:
•He was in one of his self-righteous moods.
•She reacted with self-righteous indignation.
•We have to learn tolerance and to stop being so self-righteous.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious