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adjective
- 1. self-righteously moralistic and superior: "a priggish little pedant"
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adjective. disapproving uk / ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ / us / ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ / Add to word list. like a prig: I found him priggish and cold. Synonyms. prim disapproving. prissy disapproving. prudish disapproving. puritanical. strait-laced disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling morally superior. claim the moral high ground idiom.
: one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree. priggery. ˈpri-gə-rē. noun. priggish. ˈpri-gish. adjective. priggishly adverb. priggishness noun. Examples of prig in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun.
An overly prim and proper movie character who's always telling other people what they should do is priggish. If you offer your opinion on how your friends should live their lives, and especially if you're very uptight and snooty, people will think you're priggish.
Priggish definition: fussy about trivialities or propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner. See examples of PRIGGISH used in a sentence.
adjective. disapproving us / ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ / uk / ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ / Add to word list. like a prig: I found him priggish and cold. Synonyms. prim disapproving. prissy disapproving. prudish disapproving. puritanical. strait-laced disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling morally superior. claim the moral high ground idiom. de haut en bas
adjective. /ˈprɪɡɪʃ/ (disapproving) behaving in a morally correct way and showing disapproval of what other people do. He was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
If you describe someone as priggish, you think that they are a prig. [disapproval].... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Aug 19, 2024 · priggish (comparative more priggish, superlative most priggish) Like a prig. Synonyms: prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical. To ride; to dance; she had adored all that. Or going long walks in the country, talking, about books, what to do with one’s life, for young people were amazingly.
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, esp. in a self-righteous or irritating manner. 1560–70; formerly, coxcomb; perh. akin to prink. prig′gish, adj. prig′gish•ly, adv. prig′gish•ness, n. prude, puritan, bluenose.
Synonyms for PRIGGISH: staid, prudish, stuffy, puritanical, straitlaced, straightlaced, Victorian, prim; Antonyms of PRIGGISH: permissive, liberated, improper, immoral, bad, wicked, indecent, loose.
