- priggishness
- nounexaggerated and arrogant properness• Syn: ↑primness• Hypernyms: ↑propriety, ↑properness, ↑correctitude
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priggishness
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priggishness — noun see prig II … New Collegiate Dictionary
priggishness — See priggery. * * * … Universalium
priggishness — noun The state or quality of being priggish … Wiktionary
priggishness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prudishness, prudery, snobbery, puritanism, affectation; see also hypocrisy , pretense 1 … English dictionary for students
priggishness — prɪgɪʃnɪs n. meticulousness. strictness; pedanticalness, pettiness; conceit, arrogance; primness, state of being overly concerned with one s appearance … English contemporary dictionary
priggishness — n 1. prudery, prudishness, puritan icalness, overmodesty, old maidishness, Grundyism; hideboundness, strait lacedness, buckram, stiffness, stiff neckedness, strictness, severity, formality; snobbery, snobbishness, stiltedness, Sl. snootiness, Sl … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
priggishness — prig·gish·ness … English syllables
priggishness — See: prig … English dictionary
prudery — n coyness, overmodesty; priggishness, puritanicalness. See also priggishness(def. 1) … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
primness — noun 1. excessive or affected modesty • Syn: ↑prudishness, ↑prudery, ↑Grundyism • Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim … Useful english dictionary
