righteous

«righteous» in Mova's school dictionary: morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (righteous, more righteous, most righteous); noun (the righteous — people who are good, formal or Bible)

meaning for a pupil

1) Righteous means morally right and good, doing what is fair and honest. tree →

2) (Bible, church) A righteous person is one who lives the way God wants; Christians and Jews believe God loves the righteous. tree →

3) Righteous anger is anger you feel because something is truly unfair. tree →

4) (slang, US, a bit old-fashioned) Righteous can mean really great or excellent. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it tells the reader a character is good and fair, or sometimes that a character only thinks they are good (self-righteous). In church and Bible lessons it describes people who obey God (the righteous, the path of the righteous). Phrases: righteous anger, righteous cause, self-righteous (thinking you are better than others).

examples

• The judge was a righteous man who treated everyone fairly. tree →
• Noah was called a righteous man in the Bible story. tree →
• She felt a righteous anger when the bully took the little boy's lunch. tree →
• The psalm says the righteous will flourish like a palm tree. tree →
• Fighting for clean water for the village is a righteous cause. tree →
• Don't be so self-righteous; you forget your homework too! tree →
• (slang, US) That skateboard jump was totally righteous, dude. tree →

note

Sounds like RY-chus. Not used for maths. Self-righteous is not a compliment: it means smug about being good. The opposite is unrighteous or wicked. Say «a righteous person», not «a righteous».

In the corpora

• Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.
• And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
• Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
• Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.
• And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «righteous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.