N. selfishness,
self-love, self- indulgence,
self-worship,
self-interest,
egotism,
egoism,
amour propre,
&c. (vanity) 880,
nepotism,
worldliness, world wisdom,
illiberality, meanness,
time-pleaser,
time-server, tuft-hunter,
fortune-hunter,
jobber,
worldling,
egotist,
egoist,
monopolist,
nepotist, dog in the manger, charity that begins at home, canis in praesepi, "foes to nobleness," temporizer,
trimmer V. be selfish, please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself, consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure, look after one's own interest, feather one's nest, take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered, give an inch and take an ell
Adj. selfish,
self-seeking,
self-indulgent,
self-interested, self- centered, wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self,
egotistic,
egotistical,
egoistical,
illiberal, mean, ungenerous,
narrow-minded,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous, unspiritual, earthly,
earthly-minded,
mundane, worldly, worldly- minded, worldly-wise,
timeserving, interested, alieni appetens sui profusus
Adv. ungenerously, to gain some private ends, from interested motives
Phr. apres nous le deluge
N. impiety, sin,
irreverence,
profaneness,
profanity,
profanation,
blasphemy,
desecration,
sacrilege,
scoffing,
hypocrisy,
pietism,
cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion,
formalism,
austerity,
sanctimony,
sanctimoniousness,
pharisaism,
precisianism,
sabbatism,
sabbatarianism, odium theologicum,
sacerdotalism,
bigotry, (prejudice) 481, blue laws,
hardening,
backsliding,
declension,
perversion,
reprobation,
sinner,
scoffer,
blasphemer,
sacrilegist, sabbath breaker,
worldling,
hypocrite,
tartufe,
mawworm,
bigot, saint,
pharisee,
sabbatarian,
formalist,
methodist,
puritan,
pietist,
precisian,
religionist,
devotee,
ranter,
fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of belial, the wicked one, children of darkness
V. be impious,
profane,
desecrate,
blaspheme,
revile,
scoff,
swear, commit sacrilege,
snuffle, turn up the whites of the eyes,
idolize Adj. impious,
irreligious,
desecrating,
profane,
irreverent,
sacrilegious,
blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate,
hardened,
perverted,
reprobate,
hypocritical,
canting,
pietistical,
sanctimonious,
unctuous,
pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much,
bigoted,
fanatical,
priest-ridden Adv. under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion
Phr. giovane santo diavolo vecchio
