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View usage for: (prɪgɪʃ) adjectiveIf you describe someone as priggish, you think that they are a prig. [disapproval]Synonyms: self-righteous, smug, stiff, stuffy More Synonyms of priggish Synonyms of 'priggish'self-righteous, smug, stiff, stuffy More Synonyms of priggish He was a priggish, self-righteous little sneak. Synonyms narrow-minded self-satisfied Additional synonymsDefinition behaving well in order to please people in authority You're too goody-goody to get into trouble, aren't you? Synonyms sanctimonious, pious, pi (British, slang), self-righteous, holier-than-thou, priggishDefinition offensively self-righteous those with holier-than-thou attitudes Synonyms self-righteous, smug, sanctimonious, self-satisfied, goody-goody (informal), squeaky-clean, priggish, pietistic, religiose, pietistical all their pedantic quibbles about grammar Synonyms hairsplitting, particular, formal, precise, fussy, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), punctilious, priggish, pedagogic, anal retentive, overnice - priest
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Additional synonymsDefinition affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. Synonyms prudish, particular, formal, proper, precise, stiff, fussy, fastidious, puritanical, demure, starchy (informal), prissy, strait-laced, priggish, anal retentive, schoolmarmish (British, rare), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy (rare) His novels are not for prudish readers. Synonyms prim, formal, proper, stuffy, puritanical, demure, squeamish, narrow-minded, starchy (informal), prissy (informal), strait-laced, Victorian, priggish, schoolmarmish (British, informal), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy, overmodest, overnice Definition strict in moral or religious outlook He has a puritanical attitude towards sex. Synonyms strict, forbidding, puritan, stuffy, narrow, severe, proper, stiff, rigid, disapproving, austere, fanatical, bigoted, prim, ascetic, narrow-minded, prudish, strait-lacedDefinition very pleased with oneself smug satisfaction Synonyms self-satisfied, superior, complacent, conceited, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, priggish, self-opinionated Definition (of a person's behaviour) very formal and humourless The poses were starchy, the smiles a shade false. Synonyms formal, stiff, stuffy, conventional, precise, prim, punctilious (formal), ceremoniousDefinition formal and not relaxed They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal. Synonyms formal, constrained, reserved, forced, laboured, cold, mannered, wooden, artificial, uneasy, chilly, unnatural, austere, pompous, prim, stilted, starchy (informal), punctilious, priggish, standoffish, ceremonious, unrelaxed Definition old-fashioned and very formal stuffy attitudes Synonyms staid, conventional, dull, old-fashioned, deadly (informal), dreary, pompous, formal, prim, stilted, musty, stodgy, uninteresting, humourless, fusty, strait-laced, priggish, as dry as dust, old-fogeyish, niminy-piminy, prim and proper |