righteous
Meaning of righteous
- morally right or justifiable.
feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions
- very good; excellent.
righteous eggs, man!
Old English rihtwīs, from riht ‘right’ + wīs ‘manner, state, condition’. The change in the ending in the 16th century was due to association with words such as bounteous .
Information about righteous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of righteous
right-eous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- righteous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
righteous synonyms
Meaning possessing or displaying moral virtue:
Meaning having or showing high moral standards:
Meaning strictly honourable or honest:
Meaning honest; respectable:
Meaning conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour:
Meaning deserving effort, attention, or respect:
Meaning morally good or correct:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) acting in accordance with morality and showing recognition of right and wrong:
Meaning concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour:
Meaning based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair:
Meaning morally correct or virtuous:
Meaning free from moral wrong; not corrupted:
Meaning free from defect or error:
Meaning innocent of wrongdoing:
Meaning having no guilt; innocent:
Meaning beyond criticism; faultless:
Meaning free from sin:
Meaning not corrupted:
Meaning very holy or virtuous:
Meaning relating to angels:
Meaning wholesome and untainted by immorality, especially that of a sexual nature:
Meaning having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles:
Meaning devoutly religious:
Meaning able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible:
Meaning having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason:
Meaning conforming to the law or to rules:
Meaning justifiable by argument:
Meaning having a legitimate right to property, position, or status:
Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:
Meaning (of an argument or point) having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable or cogent:
Meaning acceptable or valid, especially as evidence in a court of law:
Meaning allowed, especially within a set of regulations; permissible:
Meaning able to be understood:
Meaning able to be justified or forgiven; forgivable:
Meaning able to be agreed on; suitable:
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit:
righteous antonyms
Meaning evil or morally wrong:
Meaning wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins:
Meaning not able to be shown to be right or reasonable:
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