Pharisee-like

adjective

Self-righteous; pharisaical.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivePharisee-like (comparative more Pharisee-like, superlative most Pharisee-like)

comparative more Pharisee-like · superlative most Pharisee-like

  1. Self-righteous; pharisaical.

    None for the murdered men were shown, and the feeling of their relatives must have been very much hurt by the Pharisee-like sentiments that were openly displayed.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 295
Cite this entry
APA

Pharisee-like. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pharisee-like

MLA

“Pharisee-like.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pharisee-like. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pharisee-like,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pharisee-like.

Source: Pharisee-like on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.