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Antonyms for priggishprig·gish
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Wiktionary
priggishadjective
Like a prig.
Synonyms:
puritanical, prudish, prissy, prim
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
priggish
Antonyms:
plain, sensible, unaffected, simple-minded, simple-manneredSynonyms:
coxcombical, dandified, foppish, affected, prim, conceited
Princeton's WordNet
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorianadjective
exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Antonyms:
improperSynonyms:
blue(a), mincing, straitlaced, prissy, squeamish, overnice, dainty, puritanical, straightlaced, prudish, strait-laced, tight-laced, nice, straight-laced, squared-toe, niminy-piminy, victorian, prim, puritanic, twee, square-toed
How to use priggish in a sentence?
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3226 | plain | |
#12564 | sensible | |
#13530 | improper | |
#23920 | unaffected | |
#302146 | priggish |
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