The meaning of Prig

Prig – definition

noun
A self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are superior to others.
Usage examples:
She was religious but not a prig
Synonims:
Prude Puritan Killjoy Mrs grundy Grundy Pedant Old maid Schoolmarm Pharisee Hypocrite Pietist Priggish person Bluenose Goody-goody Goody two shoes Holy joe Holy willie Miss prim Stuffed shirt

noun
A person who obeys the rules of correct behaviour and considers himself or herself to be morally better than other people

Prig translation into English

Prig: translate from English into Chinese

小船

Prig: translate from English into Dutch

Prig, Kwast, Dief, Ontfutselen, Kapen, Gappen, Pedant persoon, Fat

Prig: translate from English into French

Pharisien

Prig: translate from English into German

Prig, Musterknabe, Schnösel, Tugendlamm, Selbstgefälliger mensch

Prig: translate from English into Hindi

मोल-भाव करना, दम्भी, चुराना, बाँका, रूप का गर्व करनेवाला, दंभी, नियमवादी, आचार औश्र कथन में दम्‍भी व्‍यक्ति, घमण्‍डी व्‍यक्ति, उपदेशात्‍मक व्‍यक्ति, चोर, मोल-तोल करना

Prig: translate from English into Italian

Prig, Saccente, Moralista, Pedante, Ladro

Prig: translate from English into Korean

딱딱한 사람, 훔치다, 형식적인 사람

Prig: translate from English into Russian

Ханжа, Педант, Формалист, Воровать, Вор

Prig: translate from English into Spanish

Pedante, Mojigato, Presumido, Gazmoño

Word origin

mid 16th century: of unknown origin. The earliest sense was ‘tinker’ or ‘petty thief’, whence ‘disliked person’, especially ‘someone who is affectedly and self-consciously precise’ (late 17th

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Prig synonims

bluenose

noun
A priggish or puritanical person.
Usage examples:
The most restrictive, bluenose standards

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goody two shoes

noun
Someone who is too ready to behave in a way intended to please people in authority
Usage examples:
She’s a real goody-goody – i hate her!

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goody-goody

noun
Someone who is too ready to behave in a way intended to please people in authority
Usage examples:
She’s a real goody-goody – i hate her!

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hypocrite

noun
A hypocritical person.
Usage examples:
The story tells of respectable ben who turns out to be a cheat and a hypocrite

noun
Someone who says they have particular moral beliefs but behaves in way that shows these are not sincere
Usage examples:
He's a hypocrite - he's always lecturing other people on the environment but he drives around in a …

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killjoy

noun
A person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others.
Usage examples:
A few killjoys try to reform the seasonal activities

noun
A person who does not like other people enjoying themselves

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pedant

noun
A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
Usage examples:
The royal palace (some pedants would say the ex-royal palace)

noun
A person who is too interested in formal rules and small details that are not important

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pharisee

noun
A member of an ancient jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity.
Usage examples:
He asked the jewish leaders, the pharisees and sadducees, to repent from their evil ways.

noun
A member of an ancient group of jews, written about in the bible, who believed in obeying religious laws very carefully and separated themselves from the ordinary people

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prude

noun
A person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
Usage examples:
The sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable

noun
A person who is easily shocked by rude things

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puritan

noun
A member of a group of english protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the reformation of the church under elizabeth i as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
Usage examples:
From its inception there had been a committed protestant minority who aspired to complete a full pr…

adjective
Relating to the puritans.
Usage examples:
A puritan parliamentarian

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schoolmarm

noun
A schoolmistress (typically used with reference to a woman regarded as prim, strict, and brisk in manner).
Usage examples:
I gave an exasperated schoolmarm's laugh

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