Definition Synonyms
Definition of righteous - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
morally goodmorally right or justifiable
- She felt righteous indignation at the unfair treatment..
2.
virtuousmoral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimony
- Her righteous attitude sometimes annoyed her friends.
3.
- That was a righteous party last night!
Expressions with righteous
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excessively or hypocritically pious
Her self-righteous comments annoyed everyone at the meeting.
strong anger believed to be justified by unfair or evil actions
Her speech was filled with righteous indignation at the corruption scandal.
Origin of righteous
Old English, rihtwis (right) + -ous (full of)
Terms with righteous included in their meaning
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self-righteous
believing one deserves special treatment
religion
heaven as the ultimate abode of the righteous
righteous path
to stay out of trouble or follow a good path
attitude
acting superior or self-righteous
morality
group seen as morally upright or self-righteous
personality
person who is overly virtuous or self-righteous
sarcasm
used sarcastically to mock someone's self-righteous behavior
behavior
self-righteous or sanctimonious person
behavior
act overly proper and self-righteous
self-righteous
acting with naive moral superiority, ignoring practical realities
Christian theology
Christ's descent into hell to free righteous souls
ethics
expressing moral judgments in a self-righteous way
warfare
fighters engaged in a righteous cause
religious hypocrisy
hypocritically self-righteous and pious
attitude
expressing opinions in a self-righteous manner
strong conviction
with strong conviction, especially in a self-righteous way
Examples of righteous in a sentence
They fought for a righteous cause. His righteous behavior earned him respect. The speech was filled with righteous indignation. That movie was totally righteous! His new skateboard tricks are righteous.
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- French:juste, moralisateur, ...
- German:gerecht, selbstgerecht, ...
- Italian:giusto, virtuoso, ...
- Spanish:justo, moralista, ...
- Portuguese:justo, virtuoso, ...
- Chinese:正义的, 正直的, ...
- Japanese:正義の, 正義感の強い, ...
- Arabic:صَالِح, بارّ, ...
- Hebrew:צַדִּיק, צַדְקָנִי, ...
- Russian:праведный, добродетельный, ...
- Ukrainian:праведний, доброчесний, ...
- Hindi:न्यायसंगत, सदाचारी, ...
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