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单词 priggish
释义
priggish
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ/us
/ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ/
like aprig:
自以为是的；一本正经的
Ifoundhim priggish andcold.我觉得他自命不凡，冷漠无情。
Synonyms
primdisapproving
prissydisapproving
prudishdisapproving
puritanical
strait-laceddisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling morally superior
  • claim
  • claim the moral high groundidiom
  • de haut en bas
  • holier-than-thou
  • judgmental
  • judgmentally
  • loftiness
  • moralistic
  • pearl-clutching
  • preachy
  • righteous
  • sanctimonious
  • sanctimoniously
  • sanctimoniousness
  • self-righteous
  • self-righteously
  • superior
  • superiority complex
  • virtue signalling
  • virtuous
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(Definition ofpriggishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpriggish

priggish
It is difficult to talk on this particular subject without having some risk of beingpriggish.
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We should not bepriggishabout it; it is worth doing something more than merely not discouraging people from helping themselves.
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Possibly the mostpriggishof all the proposed zero-ratings is that on books and newspapers.
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I am neither sopriggish, nor so young, as to be opposed to all fudges.
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I do not like to put myself in the position of soundingpriggishor prudish about the press, whether quality or tabloid.
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I did not find what he said at allpriggish, although he said that he was afraid that he might sound that way.
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Those of us who argue against commercial television are on the whole the more thoughtful of us and possibly also sometimes the morepriggish.
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Before we become too self-satisfied, perhaps we should register—without beingpriggishabout it—that we do not set a great example.
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We certainly do not want to create a society which is entirely uniform andpriggish.
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Those who have given up smoking are inclined to be a littlepriggishabout the fact that they were sufficiently strong willed to do so.
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We are neitherpriggishnor libertarian; we recognise that there are very strongly held views and that is right and proper.
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They arepriggishbecause they have demonstrated their willpower.
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Have we now become sopriggishand prejudiced that we insist that a person must be wholly good by our standards and not just partially good?
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It sounds perhaps a littlepriggish.
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That was on prudish,priggish, moral grounds.
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