priggishness
71swipe — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abstract, adverse criticism, and, animadversion, annex, appropriate, aspersion, back answer, bad notices, bad press, bag, bang, barrack, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, boost, borrow,… …
72taste — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, affection, affinity, appetence, appetite, appreciate, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, apprehend, appropriateness, aroma, artistic judgment, assay, attribute, badge, bag, be aware… …
73arrogance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haughtiness, self importance; insolence, presumptuousness. See severity, vanity.Ant., modesty, humility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pride, self importance, presumption, hauteur (French), disdain, hubris …
74pretense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, pretension, affectation, sham, imitation, ostentation; makeshift, simulation, excuse, pretext, evasion. See falsehood, vanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of pretending] Syn. affectation,… …
75primness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prudery, prudishness, priggishness; formality; preciousness, stiffness. See affectation …
76prudery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. propriety; prudishness, stiffness, coyness, primness, preciousness. See affectation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stuffiness, primness, priggishness, strictness; see behavior 1 , courtesy 1 …
77vanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive pride Nouns 1. vanity, conceit, conceitedness; immodesty, self esteem, self love, self praise; complacency, smugness, amour propre, hubris; ego trip. See boasting, selfishness. 2. [false] pride …
78Vanity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vanity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vanity vanity Sgm: N 1 conceit conceit conceitedness Sgm: N 1 self conceit self conceit self complacency self confidence self sufficiency self esteem self love self approba …
79prig — [prıg] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from prig showy man (17 19 centuries), perhaps from prig tinker, thief (16 19 centuries)] someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave used to… …
80priggish — adjective self righteously moralistic and superior. Derivatives priggishly adverb priggishness noun …
