righteous

adjective · verbB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more righteousmost righteous

Superlative

rightuousrightwise

1.
Free from sin or guilt.
Đồng nghĩa: guiltless, sinless, blameless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a whistle, clear, dovelike, guiltless, innocent, innocent as the babe unborn, innocent as the child unborn, irreprehensible, nonblameworthy, not guilty, offenseless, pure, righteous, sackless, sinless, unblameable, unblameworthy, uncalculating, unguilty
2.
Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art.
Đồng nghĩa: decorous, chaste, continent, correct, delicate, decent, decorous, desertful, deserving, dutiful, duteous, good, honest, innocent, meritorious, modest, moral, noble, right, right-minded, righteous, straight, uprighteous, virtual, virtuous, well-intentioned, whole-souled, worthy
3.
Justified morally.
righteous indignation
4.
(US, slang)Awesome; great.
Đồng nghĩa: dope, lit, wicked, amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, sensational, awesomesauce, based, beatific, bewildering, blissful, celestial, cool, delightful, divine, dope, enchanting, excellent, extraordinary, far out, fire, heavenlike, heavenly, hellagood, impressive, incredible, inspiring, goshwow, glorious, gnarly, goated, grand, grandiose, great, groovy, magnificent, major, majestic, marvellous, mystifying, mythic, neat, lit, outstanding, phenomenal, powerful, rad, righteous, selcouth, splendent, stupendous, stupefying, sublime, surpassing, terrific, tight, unbelievable, unreal, wicked, wonderful, wondrous
5.
(US, slang)Major; large; significant.
Đồng nghĩa: considerable

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

righteouses

V_ing/Gerund

righteousing

V_ed/pp

righteousedrightuous

1.
To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.

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Đồng nghĩa

guiltless sinlessblamelesscleanclean-handedclean as a hound's toothclean as a whistlecleardovelikeinnocentinnocent as the babe unborninnocent as the child unbornirreprehensiblenonblameworthynot guiltyoffenseless pure sacklessunblameableunblameworthy

Cùng gốc / liên quan

lefteous

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (righteous, just), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise. Cognate with richtwis righteous, rehtwīsic, réttvíss. Compare also thefteous, mighteous.