sanctimonious

What does sanctimonious mean?

sanctimonious means "excessively or hypocritically pious".

How many syllables are in sanctimonious?

sanctimonious has 5 syllables: sanc-ti-mo-ni-ous. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˌsæŋktəˈmoʊniəs/.

What is another word for sanctimonious?

Close synonyms include holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sanctimonious a common word?

sanctimonious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sanctimonious?

4 words rhyme with sanctimonious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sanctimonious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.