Word Meanings - SELF-RIGHTEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.

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• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• RIGHTEOUS
  Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
• RIGHTEOUSLY
  In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.
• ESTEEMER
  One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.
• RIGHTEOUSED
  Made righteous.
• PHARISAIC; PHARISAICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the Pharisees; resembling the Pharisees. "The Pharisaic sect among the Jews." Cudworth. 2. Hence: Addicted to external forms and ceremonies; making a show of religion without the spirit of it; ceremonial; formal;
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.
• OVERRIGHTEOUS
  Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
• SELF-RIGHTEOUS
  Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
• UNRIGHTEOUS
  1. Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man. 2. Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence. -- Un*right"eous*ly, adv. -- Un*right"eous*ness, n.
• DISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.
• SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
• SELF-ESTEEM
  The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
• UPRIGHTEOUSLY
  In an upright or just manner. Shak.