priggish 的定义
- fussy about trivialities or propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner:At the beginning of the book, Eustace is an unpleasant, unlikable, and priggish character.He never softened his message to please genteel tastes or priggish scruples.
priggish 近义词
straitlaced
更多priggish例句
- The same goes for low-sugar gummy candies like Smart Sweets and Behave, which in another decade might have been presented as priggish.
- Roth, priggish to the end, responds, "I'm warning you—stay away from my kids!"
- This judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
- And yet if we had been that low-cut lady we would certainly have given that interfering and priggish little youngster a walloping.
- He's a bit of a prig—in fact, he's as priggish as he well can be—but he's never done anything but run straight.
- Amy was telling me of some priggish things that Miss Belloc had said, and I did use those very words yesterday.
- The development of Percival from a priggish misanthrope to a man and a lover is beautifully told.