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Sanctimonious, self-righteously, or hypocritically pious

Having too high an opinion of one's own worth

Having a false sanctimonious or self-righteous manner

Lecturing or critical

Adjective

Sanctimonious, self-righteously, or hypocritically pious

schoolmistressy

too good to be true

to keep up appearances

for form's sake

stick-in-the-mud

prim and proper

politically correct

goody two-shoes

goody-two-shoes

of the old school

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“I don't understand the holier-than-thou attitude from someone who has always seemed very level-headed and calm.”

Adjective

Having too high an opinion of one's own worth

high-and-mighty

self-applauding

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

self-complacent

self-congratulatory

self-dramatizing

self-flattering

self-glorifying

self-gratulatory

self-opinionated

too big for one's boots

too big for one's breeches

full of oneself

high and mighty

pleased with oneself

proud of oneself

full of yourself

stuck on oneself

too big for your boots

self-interested

self-preoccupied

self-infatuated

wrapped up in oneself

individualistic

pleased with yourself

self-aggrandizing

on your high horse

putting on airs

full of hot air

uncommunicative

full of contempt

in love with oneself

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

too big for one's britches

too big for your breeches

blowing one's own horn

nose in the air

offensively self-assertive

on one's high horse

self-respecting

throwing one's weight around

looking after number one

undemonstrative

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

too big for your britches

self-sufficient

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

like the cat that swallowed the canary

on a high horse

uncompanionable

swollen with pride

proud of yourself

flushed with success

I'm all right, Jack

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

self-aggrandising

keeping people at arm's length

take-it-or-leave-it

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

uncomplimentary

resting on your laurels

like the cat that got the cream

throwing weight around

blowing one's own trumpet

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Adjective

Having a false sanctimonious or self-righteous manner

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Adjective

Lecturing or critical

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