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1 afektiran
adj affected, affectation-prone, giv-ing oneself airs, putting on airs ltd. (-izvještačen)* * *• euphuistic• priggish -
2 cjepidlački
adj hair-splitting, A sl nit-picking; word-splitting* * *• priggish -
3 nadmen
adj - nadut, arogantan, uobražen* * *• sonorous• proud• priggish• bloated -
4 sitničar
m small shopkeeper/grocer, AE+ general-store operator; - cjepidlaka* * *• priggish• meticulous -
5 uobražen
* * *• tumid• uppity• uppish• vain• windy• self-sufficient• supercilious• stuck up• pretentious• priggish• proud• puffed up• presuming• presumptuous• insufferable• important• imaginary• bighead• conceited• assuming• notional• overweening
См. также в других словарях:
priggish — 1 smug, self complacent, self satisfied, Complacent Analogous words: righteous, ethical, *moral: conceited, egotistic, self esteeming, self loving (see corresponding nouns at CONCEIT) 2 *prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Priggish — Prig gish, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. {Prig gish*ly}, adv. {Prig gish ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
priggish — [[t]prɪ̱gɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as priggish, you think that they are a prig … English dictionary
priggish — adjective Miss Sinclair couldn t possibly have been as priggish as she seemed way back then Syn: self righteous, moralistic, holier than thou, sanctimonious, prudish, puritanical, prim, straitlaced, stuffy, prissy, governessy, narrow minded;… … Thesaurus of popular words
priggish — prig ► NOUN ▪ a self righteously moralistic person. DERIVATIVES priggish adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «tinker, petty thief», later «disliked person»: of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
Priggish-ness — Priggish Prig gish, a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. {Prig gish*ly}, adv. {Prig gish ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
priggish — adjective see prig II … New Collegiate Dictionary
priggish — See priggery. * * * … Universalium
priggish — adjective like a prig Syn: prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical … Wiktionary
priggish — Synonyms and related words: Quakerish, Victorian, abusive, blackening, blameful, censorious, choicy, choosy, condemnatory, condescending, conformist, conscientious, contemptuous, critical, damnatory, demure, denunciatory, deprecative, deprecatory … Moby Thesaurus
priggish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pedantic, affected; fastidious, prim, precious; conceited, egotistical. See affectation, vanity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vain, proud, pompous; see egotistic 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… … English dictionary for students