Vocabulary
Righteous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
morally right or justifiable.
Urdu meaning
سچا، صالح،متقی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In the view of the Most High, the best among humanity are the `most righteous`, while in a hadith, those with the best character are equated with those with the best faith.
- Benjamin Netanyahu heaped shovels of praise, congratulating America`s `awesome and righteous might ...
- Jonathan Haidt, a well-known social psychologist, wrote a fairly well-considered book The Righteous Mind a few years back.
- This reinforces self-righteous, even narcissistic, behaviour and responses.
- America`s actions, they feel, are righteous by definition.
Synonyms
good, virtuous, upright, upstanding, decent, worthy; ethical, principled, moral,
Antonyms
wicked, sinful, unjustifiable
Curator example
“feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions”
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