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Перевод: self-righteous

[прилагательное]
самодовольный; уверенный в своей правоте; фарисейский

Тезаурус:

1. His secretary, Shirley, smirks from behind her desk, self-righteous at being at her post before the boss, even though she is at this moment inspecting her face in a compact mirror.
2. The Lou Reed that emerges from this pathetic book is a self-satisfied boor when he is intoxicated, a self-righteous booby when sober.
3. Because Pound was not a combatant, and because he resolutely resisted making easily patriotic and self-righteous gestures (this is what Homage to Sextus Propertius is about, very largely), the impact upon him of the First World War is under-estimated.
4. Thus the self-righteous " nouveau rich " Protestants seized the lands of the decadent Catholic "ancien rgime".
5. This is the kind of self-righteous behaviour at which Mrs Thatcher's Government excels.
6. That is because the luxury industry is also facing its nemesis: a self-righteous backlash against conspicuous consumption in America and Britain, though not yet in Japan.
7. The motion states: "To recruit almost exclusively from the narrow minority group of Guardian readers whose views are predominantly leftwing is contrary to the spirit of the obligations of political balance in broadcasting and is an explanation of the self-righteous and unctuous hostility of broadcasters towards the present Government."
8. I'm really fed up with all these self-righteous musicians telling us what to think and do.
9. There must also have been readers who were led to reflect on Othello's self-righteous murder of Desdemona, and to reflect that Shakespeare's play expresses a view of mixed marriages which is both encouraging and discouraging.
10. Instead of getting all hot and bothered and self-righteous, how about calling your legal weasels off this morning and coming over later for a meeting.
11. Admittedly, most of those who attend such demonstrations are, as the government has said, self-righteous prigs who mistakenly believe that they are the only ones interested in peace.
12. When adult, this type may be prone to violent rages and self-righteous anger, which seem to erupt for no apparent reason, but which stem from a desperate need for self-assertion.
13. We have to learn tolerance, to look at our behaviour and to stop being self-righteous.