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priggishness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | primness |
| Type of | correctitude, properness, propriety |
| Derivation | priggish |
Examples of priggishness
priggishness
Both have set store by self-discipline and exude an air of liberal priggishness.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
He shrugged off the end of one love affair with Teutonic priggishness.
From the time.com
So is the Soviet's seductive charm in comparison with his American colleague's priggishness.
From the time.com
Linda's pregnancy at 16 was the death knell for my priggishness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mr Badeea's gesture also underlined the Brothers'lack of puritanical priggishness regarding women.
From the economist.com
As Mason, Jim Metzler conveys solidity without stolidity, commonsensicality without priggishness.
From the time.com
The naivety comes out, too, in an increasing priggishness.
From the telegraph.co.uk
But the nickname implies a priggishness I don't detect.
From the guardian.co.uk
He sidesteps priggishness to instead play Karenina as a man committed to ideals and certain societal codes of conduct.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Exaggerated and arrogant properness
- (priggish) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- (Priggish) A prig (sometimes spelled prigg) is a word people use to describe someone they believe shows an inordinately zealous approach to matters of form and propriety; especially where the prig has the ability to show superior knowledge to those who do not know the protocol. ...
- The state or quality of being priggish
- (priggish) like a prig
