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righteous
[ rahy-chuhs ]
adjective
- characterized by uprightness or morality:
a righteous observance of the law.
- morally right or justifiable:
righteous indignation.
- acting in an upright, moral way; virtuous:
a righteous and godly person.
- Slang. absolutely genuine or wonderful:
some righteous playing by a jazz great.
noun
- the righteous, (used with a plural verb) righteous persons collectively.
righteous
/ ˈraɪtʃəs /
adjective
- characterized by, proceeding from, or in accordance with accepted standards of morality, justice, or uprightness; virtuous
a righteous man
- ( as collective noun ; preceded by the )
the righteous
- morally justifiable or right, esp from one's own point of view
righteous indignation
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Derived Forms
- ˈrighteously, adverb
- ˈrighteousness, noun
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Other Words From
- righteous·ly adverb
- over·righteous adjective
- over·righteous·ly adverb
- over·righteous·ness noun
- pre·righteous adjective
- pre·righteous·ly adverb
- pre·righteous·ness noun
- quasi-righteous adjective
- quasi-righteous·ly adverb
- super·righteous adjective
- super·righteous·ly adverb
- super·righteous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of righteous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of righteous1
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Example Sentences
From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about in 2014—and how outrage has taken over our lives.
Perhaps more telling, state media called the attack on the studio “a righteous deed.”
In the Jewish community, Christians who saved Jews from the Holocaust are known as “righteous gentiles.”
As righteous and honest as his anger may be—“They basically just filmed my riffs,” says Meltzer— it is always tinged with hope.
He was “v[ery] hot under the collar ... frustrated and mad, self-righteous.”
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
These are kept as his law, when obeyed, because of his authority as righteous moral Governor of all.
All the wrong wrought was his, and yet he sat there, calmly eying me, as though he were a righteous judge and I the culprit.
The want of this on the part of the wicked being a curse, the enjoyment of it by the righteous is a privilege.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks (confess) unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
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