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PRIGGISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exaggeratedly proper

Example:

my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

Synonyms:

priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)

Derivation:

priggishness (exaggerated and arrogant properness)

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