self-righteous
adjective
confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
self-righteously
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a word derived from
self-righteous.
Example Sentences
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I hope you’ll believe me when I say that I don’t find it helpful to look back in anger, or to self-righteously indulge in any sort of blaming and shaming.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022
Amy Jo Burns’ debut novel, “Shiner,” takes that setting and its tensions — faith versus reality, peril and those who self-righteously toy with it — and gives it a smart, stylish update.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020
I just remember my mom smiling self-righteously and gloating about successfully representing herself.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 14, 2018
Augustus did not self-righteously return the Principate to the strife of the late republic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
The two of them sat in silence for a while, Lyra uncomfortable on the hard floor of the wardrobe and Pantalaimon self-righteously twitching his temporary antennae on one of the robes.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
