All 3 Uses of
righteous
in
Catch-22
- He was capable of mighty paroxysms of righteous indignation, and he was indignant as could be when he learned that a C.I.D. man was in the area looking for him.†
Chpt 7
- His eyes fell on the groups of other officers gazing at him in mute appeal, and, with righteous belligerence, he roared: 'Give everybody eat!'†
Chpt 11 *
- 'They've got to swallow it,' Milo ordained with dictatorial grandeur, and almost broke his neck when he let go with one arm to wave a righteous finger in the air.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
-
(righteous as in: a righteous cause) morally correct; or morally justified
or:
acting or feeling morally superior -- especially when it isn't true (this meaning is more typically seen as a compound word beginning with "self-")