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Word | Pharisaical |
Italian Meaning | farisaica, farisaico, pharisaical, falso, ipocrita |
excessively or hypocritically pious; a sickening sanctimonious smile / Of or pertaining to the Pharisees / pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical / a satellite of a planet. / marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness, | |
Usage | ⇒ Walter Lippmann has pointed out that moralists who do not attempt to explain the moral code they advocate are often regarded as pharisaical and ignored. |
Synonyms | sanctimonious, pharisaic, pietistic, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, canting, unctuous, insincere, Pecksniffian, pietistical, pious, false, goody-goody, oily, affected, Tartuffian, goody, artificial, double, |
Antonyms | impious, |
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