ADJECTIVE | all | priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | exaggeratedly proper |
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Meaning | exaggeratedly proper. | |
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Synonyms | prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | |
Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
Spanish | gazmoño, mojigato, pudibundo, puritano, remilgado | |
Nouns | priggishness | exaggerated and arrogant properness |
Adverbs | priggishly | in a priggish manner |
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