All 5 Uses of
righteous
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- ...colored with righteous resentment at what could have been his cowardice, or stupidity or bad luck
Part 1 *righteous = justified (or feeling justified)
- Like a flag hoisted, this righteousness telegraphed and announced the faggot, the whip, the fist, the lie, long before it went public.†
Part 1righteousness = morally correct behavior
- Riding close together, bunched-up like, and righteous.†
Part 1
- The righteous Look every Negro learned to recognize along with his ma'am's tit.†
Part 1
- One makes him feel righteous.†
Part 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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-") -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, righteous is used as a synonym for wonderful.