Definitions for holier-than-thou

holier-than-thou ho·li·er-than-thou

Spelling: [hoh-lee-er-th uh n-th
IPA: /ˈhoʊ li ər ðənˈðaʊ/

Holier-Than-Thou is a 16 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 1269 anagrams from letters in holier-than-thou (--aehhhilnoorttu).

Definitions for holier-than-thou

noun

  1. a person who is obnoxiously pious or self-righteous.

adjective

  1. obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.

Origin of holier-than-thou

First recorded in 1910-15

Examples for holier-than-thou

Herman likes to give the appearance of living this holier-than-thou life.

Happily the generations of cant and holier-than-thou are passing, and we are looking history more honestly in the face.

I've watched the lot of you Cavendishes, with yer stuck-up 'holier-than-thou' ways.

There's going to be one house in this scandal-mongering town to-night that isn't going to spring the holier-than-thou.

This has been tried out successfully in many industrial enterprises, with happy surprise for the holier-than-thou skeptics.

But I don't want you to think you can get away with any holier-than-thou stuff.

To one who goes to Spain in the holier-than-thou attitude, she is dumb and repellent,—she who can be so eloquent!

Unfortunately for Edwards, the holier-than-thou approach won her few fans.

I don't want your pity or your charity or any of your holier-than-thou butting in—all I want's just to be let alone.

There was no assumption of godliness nor conceit, no holier-than-thou smirk about the child.

Word Value for holier-than-thou
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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