priggish
Example Sentences
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He aimed his deepest scorn at Nunn, whom he blamed for his downfall, denouncing him as blindly ambitious, duplicitous, timid, and priggish.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025
He’s not a priggish bootstrapper but a plucky bon vivant who does his work with a smile, always “on the alert for business.”
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022
In chapter 36, Lucy arrives at the home of a priggish parson, whose wife is desperately ill with typhoid.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2020
The corporate culture that it reflects and embodies is, above all, sanctimoniousness, nostalgic, and priggish.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2019
And the hapless boy who represented the traveler was the priggish little scholar they most cordially disliked.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
