giving the impression that you feel you are better and more moral than other people synonym self-righteous装作圣洁的;伪善的;道貌岸然的 a sanctimonious voice 虚伪的声音 I wish she’d stop being so sanctimonious. 我希望她不要这么虚伪。 I’m fed up with his sanctimonious attitude. 我烦透了他那道貌岸然的态度。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘holy in character’): from Latin sanctimonia ‘sanctity’ (from sanctus ‘holy’) + -ous.