priggish
11priggish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pedantic, affected; fastidious, prim, precious; conceited, egotistical. See affectation, vanity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vain, proud, pompous; see egotistic 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
12priggish — prig·gish || prɪgɪʃ adj. meticulous, strict; pedantic, overly concerned with trivial details; arrogant, conceited; prissy, overly concerned with one s appearance …
13priggish — adjective self righteously moralistic and superior. Derivatives priggishly adverb priggishness noun …
14priggish — a. Conceited, affected, prim, pert, saucy, coxcomical, foppish, vain, affected, (colloq.) …
15priggish — adj 1. prudish, puritanical, bluenosed, overmodest, old maidish; hidebound, strait laced, stiff, stiff necked, strict, severe, formal; snobbish, stilted, Inf. high hat, Sl. snooty, Sl. snotty; smug, sanctimonious, Inf. stuffy; fastidious,… …
16priggish — prig·gish …
17priggish — See: prig …
18priggish — /ˈprɪgɪʃ/ (say prigish) adjective excessively precise, especially in an affectedly superior or high minded way. {prig1 + g + ish1} –priggishly, adverb –priggishness, noun …
19priggish — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ …
20Priggishly — Priggish Prig gish, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. {Prig gish*ly}, adv. {Prig gish ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …