Definition of priggish in English:

priggish

adjective ˈprɪɡɪʃˈprɪɡɪʃ

Self-righteously moralistic and superior.
a priggish little pedant
she was priggish about sex
Example sentencesExamples
- I consider offering the countervailing maxim ‘punctuality is the politeness of kings’, but feel it might sound priggish.
- Neil is vain, priggish and, like his wife Iona, grimly materialistic.
- That said, the text is often intractable or so annoyingly assertive as to appear priggish.
- He had been very careful not to buy anything too priggish, and flattered himself to say he had done a good job with it.
- Actress Frances O'Connor brings a refreshing candour to the most insufferably priggish of all Austen's heroines, Fanny Price, and Alessandro Nivola is irresistibly rakish as her potential beau.
- Equally irresistible, as it turns out, is the priggish Darcy, whose beauty and charm sneak up on you, just as they do on Bridget, mid-way through the film.
- The movie is splendidly arrayed visually, but transforms her prim, priggish character and makes her lusty, strong-willed and far too politically progressive for her era.
- Fortunately, the message couched within the narrative is neither excessively moralistic nor priggish.
- Tut-tutting this sort of thing seems to me to be priggish.
- The first thing she says about him is that he is ‘extremely down to earth’, which certainly contrasts with Fiennes, whose public persona exists somewhere between enigmatic and priggish.
- His father's ‘prime horror’ was of prigs, and yet James does seem here to be awfully priggish, a fussy and self-obsessed old man.
- There's no point in being priggish about its ‘low standards‘.
- In fact it is difficult to imagine anyone more divorced from the spirit of the Jazz Age than the priggish, puritanical, non-smoking, non-drinking young Popper.
- He was, in fact, a serious, somewhat priggish young man, though he often gave signs of light-heartedness both as a boy and in later life.
- Leslie Joseph portrays the small-minded, priggish, self-satisfied spinster to a T.
- And to be priggish about the sunglasses that people buy is out of touch with how people live their lives.
- But, while Hare's play captures superbly the spirit of the 80s, it leaves you unsure whether Isobel is a priggish pain or a symbol of transcendent virtue.
- You really do believe in the stiff-necked priggish Edward, to the point where you want to punch him.
- A pretty good defence mechanism is to be open - but also, I think, without being too priggish and sanctimonious, it's a kind of responsibility if you're in public life.
- Page 1 of the script describes the central character, Raymond Shaw, as young, handsome, wooden, and priggish.
- Tom, a lively and adventurous lad, lives with his priggish brother Sid and his good-hearted Aunt Polly in the quiet town of St Petersburg, Missouri.
- The irony of Kinsey's character is that he isn't given to temptation in the usual sense (except to be as uncompromising as his priggish father).
- The notion of a shared responsibility to the community through a concern for and an acceptance of the individuals within it sounds considerably more priggish than the programmes themselves.
- But if the anti-drugs campaigners are priggish and authoritarian, the arguments of pro-drugs campaigners are often equally unappealing.
Synonyms
self-righteous, holier-than-thou, smug, sanctimonious, moralistic, sententious, prudish, puritanical, prim, strait-laced, tight-laced, stuffy, starchy, prissy, Victorian, schoolmarmish, schoolmistressy, old-maidish, narrow, narrow-minded, censorious, Pecksniffian, Pharisaic, hypocritical
informal goody-goody
rare Grundyish

Derivatives

priggishly

adverbˈprɪɡɪʃ(ə)liˈprɪɡɪʃli

And I used to have my little priggish laugh at the woman who counted her chickens before they were hatched and so forth, and I was convinced that honesty was the best policy, also a little priggishly.
Example sentencesExamples
- So the more complex question is not why the markets had reacted so priggishly, but why now?
- My partner had wanted souvenirs, but somewhat priggishly, I had stopped her.
- "There's nothing wrong with having a few principles", he insists, priggishly.

priggishness

nounˈprɪɡɪʃnəsˈprɪɡɪʃnəs

I have even noticed myself becoming cleverer, and now, at the age of nearly 60, I have almost thrown off adolescent habits of moral certainty and political priggishness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although faced with accusations of priggishness and prudery, the council remains unrepentant, arguing that it is taking a principled stand.
- Stories of his arrogance, sarcasm and general priggishness have been doing the rounds in media circles for years.
- When I twitched slightly at the name of the artists, I resolved to not let my knee-jerk priggishness get in the way of giving this CD an attentive listen.
- The other major female character in the cast, Hester Worsley, a visiting American, was nearly made believable by Rachel Stirling, although the stereotyped priggishness of the role ultimately overcame her.

Rhymes

biggish, piggish, whiggish

Definition of priggish in US English:

priggish

adjectiveˈpriɡiSHˈprɪɡɪʃ

Self-righteously moralistic and superior.
a priggish little pedant
she was priggish about sex
Example sentencesExamples
- But if the anti-drugs campaigners are priggish and authoritarian, the arguments of pro-drugs campaigners are often equally unappealing.
- He had been very careful not to buy anything too priggish, and flattered himself to say he had done a good job with it.
- Equally irresistible, as it turns out, is the priggish Darcy, whose beauty and charm sneak up on you, just as they do on Bridget, mid-way through the film.
- His father's ‘prime horror’ was of prigs, and yet James does seem here to be awfully priggish, a fussy and self-obsessed old man.
- A pretty good defence mechanism is to be open - but also, I think, without being too priggish and sanctimonious, it's a kind of responsibility if you're in public life.
- He was, in fact, a serious, somewhat priggish young man, though he often gave signs of light-heartedness both as a boy and in later life.
- But, while Hare's play captures superbly the spirit of the 80s, it leaves you unsure whether Isobel is a priggish pain or a symbol of transcendent virtue.
- Neil is vain, priggish and, like his wife Iona, grimly materialistic.
- I consider offering the countervailing maxim ‘punctuality is the politeness of kings’, but feel it might sound priggish.
- Page 1 of the script describes the central character, Raymond Shaw, as young, handsome, wooden, and priggish.
- The irony of Kinsey's character is that he isn't given to temptation in the usual sense (except to be as uncompromising as his priggish father).
- Actress Frances O'Connor brings a refreshing candour to the most insufferably priggish of all Austen's heroines, Fanny Price, and Alessandro Nivola is irresistibly rakish as her potential beau.
- That said, the text is often intractable or so annoyingly assertive as to appear priggish.
- The movie is splendidly arrayed visually, but transforms her prim, priggish character and makes her lusty, strong-willed and far too politically progressive for her era.
- The notion of a shared responsibility to the community through a concern for and an acceptance of the individuals within it sounds considerably more priggish than the programmes themselves.
- And to be priggish about the sunglasses that people buy is out of touch with how people live their lives.
- Tut-tutting this sort of thing seems to me to be priggish.
- Leslie Joseph portrays the small-minded, priggish, self-satisfied spinster to a T.
- In fact it is difficult to imagine anyone more divorced from the spirit of the Jazz Age than the priggish, puritanical, non-smoking, non-drinking young Popper.
- You really do believe in the stiff-necked priggish Edward, to the point where you want to punch him.
- The first thing she says about him is that he is ‘extremely down to earth’, which certainly contrasts with Fiennes, whose public persona exists somewhere between enigmatic and priggish.
- Tom, a lively and adventurous lad, lives with his priggish brother Sid and his good-hearted Aunt Polly in the quiet town of St Petersburg, Missouri.
- Fortunately, the message couched within the narrative is neither excessively moralistic nor priggish.
- There's no point in being priggish about its ‘low standards‘.
Synonyms
self-righteous, holier-than-thou, smug, sanctimonious, moralistic, sententious, prudish, puritanical, prim, strait-laced, tight-laced, stuffy, starchy, prissy, victorian, schoolmarmish, schoolmistressy, old-maidish, narrow, narrow-minded, censorious, pecksniffian, pharisaic, hypocritical

单词	priggish
释义	Definition of priggish in English: priggish adjective ˈprɪɡɪʃˈprɪɡɪʃ Self-righteously moralistic and superior. a priggish little pedant she was priggish about sex Example sentencesExamples I consider offering the countervailing maxim ‘punctuality is the politeness of kings’, but feel it might sound priggish. Neil is vain, priggish and, like his wife Iona, grimly materialistic. That said, the text is often intractable or so annoyingly assertive as to appear priggish. He had been very careful not to buy anything too priggish, and flattered himself to say he had done a good job with it. Actress Frances O'Connor brings a refreshing candour to the most insufferably priggish of all Austen's heroines, Fanny Price, and Alessandro Nivola is irresistibly rakish as her potential beau. Equally irresistible, as it turns out, is the priggish Darcy, whose beauty and charm sneak up on you, just as they do on Bridget, mid-way through the film. The movie is splendidly arrayed visually, but transforms her prim, priggish character and makes her lusty, strong-willed and far too politically progressive for her era. Fortunately, the message couched within the narrative is neither excessively moralistic nor priggish. Tut-tutting this sort of thing seems to me to be priggish. The first thing she says about him is that he is ‘extremely down to earth’, which certainly contrasts with Fiennes, whose public persona exists somewhere between enigmatic and priggish. His father's ‘prime horror’ was of prigs, and yet James does seem here to be awfully priggish, a fussy and self-obsessed old man. There's no point in being priggish about its ‘low standards‘. In fact it is difficult to imagine anyone more divorced from the spirit of the Jazz Age than the priggish, puritanical, non-smoking, non-drinking young Popper. He was, in fact, a serious, somewhat priggish young man, though he often gave signs of light-heartedness both as a boy and in later life. Leslie Joseph portrays the small-minded, priggish, self-satisfied spinster to a T. And to be priggish about the sunglasses that people buy is out of touch with how people live their lives. But, while Hare's play captures superbly the spirit of the 80s, it leaves you unsure whether Isobel is a priggish pain or a symbol of transcendent virtue. You really do believe in the stiff-necked priggish Edward, to the point where you want to punch him. A pretty good defence mechanism is to be open - but also, I think, without being too priggish and sanctimonious, it's a kind of responsibility if you're in public life. Page 1 of the script describes the central character, Raymond Shaw, as young, handsome, wooden, and priggish. Tom, a lively and adventurous lad, lives with his priggish brother Sid and his good-hearted Aunt Polly in the quiet town of St Petersburg, Missouri. The irony of Kinsey's character is that he isn't given to temptation in the usual sense (except to be as uncompromising as his priggish father). The notion of a shared responsibility to the community through a concern for and an acceptance of the individuals within it sounds considerably more priggish than the programmes themselves. But if the anti-drugs campaigners are priggish and authoritarian, the arguments of pro-drugs campaigners are often equally unappealing. Synonyms self-righteous, holier-than-thou, smug, sanctimonious, moralistic, sententious, prudish, puritanical, prim, strait-laced, tight-laced, stuffy, starchy, prissy, Victorian, schoolmarmish, schoolmistressy, old-maidish, narrow, narrow-minded, censorious, Pecksniffian, Pharisaic, hypocritical informal goody-goody rare Grundyish Derivatives priggishly adverbˈprɪɡɪʃ(ə)liˈprɪɡɪʃli And I used to have my little priggish laugh at the woman who counted her chickens before they were hatched and so forth, and I was convinced that honesty was the best policy, also a little priggishly. Example sentencesExamples So the more complex question is not why the markets had reacted so priggishly, but why now? My partner had wanted souvenirs, but somewhat priggishly, I had stopped her. "There's nothing wrong with having a few principles", he insists, priggishly. priggishness nounˈprɪɡɪʃnəsˈprɪɡɪʃnəs I have even noticed myself becoming cleverer, and now, at the age of nearly 60, I have almost thrown off adolescent habits of moral certainty and political priggishness. Example sentencesExamples Although faced with accusations of priggishness and prudery, the council remains unrepentant, arguing that it is taking a principled stand. Stories of his arrogance, sarcasm and general priggishness have been doing the rounds in media circles for years. When I twitched slightly at the name of the artists, I resolved to not let my knee-jerk priggishness get in the way of giving this CD an attentive listen. The other major female character in the cast, Hester Worsley, a visiting American, was nearly made believable by Rachel Stirling, although the stereotyped priggishness of the role ultimately overcame her. Rhymes biggish, piggish, whiggish Definition of priggish in US English: priggish adjectiveˈpriɡiSHˈprɪɡɪʃ Self-righteously moralistic and superior. a priggish little pedant she was priggish about sex Example sentencesExamples But if the anti-drugs campaigners are priggish and authoritarian, the arguments of pro-drugs campaigners are often equally unappealing. He had been very careful not to buy anything too priggish, and flattered himself to say he had done a good job with it. Equally irresistible, as it turns out, is the priggish Darcy, whose beauty and charm sneak up on you, just as they do on Bridget, mid-way through the film. His father's ‘prime horror’ was of prigs, and yet James does seem here to be awfully priggish, a fussy and self-obsessed old man. A pretty good defence mechanism is to be open - but also, I think, without being too priggish and sanctimonious, it's a kind of responsibility if you're in public life. He was, in fact, a serious, somewhat priggish young man, though he often gave signs of light-heartedness both as a boy and in later life. But, while Hare's play captures superbly the spirit of the 80s, it leaves you unsure whether Isobel is a priggish pain or a symbol of transcendent virtue. Neil is vain, priggish and, like his wife Iona, grimly materialistic. I consider offering the countervailing maxim ‘punctuality is the politeness of kings’, but feel it might sound priggish. Page 1 of the script describes the central character, Raymond Shaw, as young, handsome, wooden, and priggish. The irony of Kinsey's character is that he isn't given to temptation in the usual sense (except to be as uncompromising as his priggish father). Actress Frances O'Connor brings a refreshing candour to the most insufferably priggish of all Austen's heroines, Fanny Price, and Alessandro Nivola is irresistibly rakish as her potential beau. That said, the text is often intractable or so annoyingly assertive as to appear priggish. The movie is splendidly arrayed visually, but transforms her prim, priggish character and makes her lusty, strong-willed and far too politically progressive for her era. The notion of a shared responsibility to the community through a concern for and an acceptance of the individuals within it sounds considerably more priggish than the programmes themselves. And to be priggish about the sunglasses that people buy is out of touch with how people live their lives. Tut-tutting this sort of thing seems to me to be priggish. Leslie Joseph portrays the small-minded, priggish, self-satisfied spinster to a T. In fact it is difficult to imagine anyone more divorced from the spirit of the Jazz Age than the priggish, puritanical, non-smoking, non-drinking young Popper. You really do believe in the stiff-necked priggish Edward, to the point where you want to punch him. The first thing she says about him is that he is ‘extremely down to earth’, which certainly contrasts with Fiennes, whose public persona exists somewhere between enigmatic and priggish. Tom, a lively and adventurous lad, lives with his priggish brother Sid and his good-hearted Aunt Polly in the quiet town of St Petersburg, Missouri. Fortunately, the message couched within the narrative is neither excessively moralistic nor priggish. There's no point in being priggish about its ‘low standards‘. Synonyms self-righteous, holier-than-thou, smug, sanctimonious, moralistic, sententious, prudish, puritanical, prim, strait-laced, tight-laced, stuffy, starchy, prissy, victorian, schoolmarmish, schoolmistressy, old-maidish, narrow, narrow-minded, censorious, pecksniffian, pharisaic, hypocritical
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