priggish

adjective

Definition of priggishnext
as in staid

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priggish
  1. staid
  2. prudish
  3. stuffy
  4. puritanical
  5. straitlaced
  6. Victorian
  7. prim
Adjective
  • For well over 50 years, Progressive Insurance has acted like an upstart in the largely staid world of insurance.
    Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Compared to the madness of other seasons from the Nineties, this was a rather staid one.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of staid
Adjective
  • The Comstock Act is a relic, not just of a more prudish era in American history, but of an age when the sort of individual rights that modern Americans take for granted effectively did not exist.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 May 2024
  • Emily, perhaps true to her prudish Adderall-y millennial type, is not especially flirty.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of prudish
Adjective
  • One key to that, Gaultier said, is density of people without letting the space feel too stuffy.
    Hadley Hitson, The Tennessean, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Bingo! Alivia's tantrum hack—to keep things lighthearted—is a simple one, but a great reminder that not everything has to be so stuffy.
    Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of stuffy
Adjective
  • Babygirl tries to deftly waltz over this minefield of a topic without a sense of puritanical judgement or heavy panting, but with as much emphasis on Romy’s need for this transfer of power to tap into her erogenous zones.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Gein was born in 1906 to an alcoholic father and an allegedly fanatically puritanical mother, according to the MGM+ docuseries Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of puritanical
Adjective
  • Ruby is a mess — chaos, really — whereas AJ is a bit more straitlaced, and there’s a stiff physicality to her.
    Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Garrison plays Trisha, Sam’s straitlaced sister who’s undergone major growth as well.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of straitlaced
Adjective
  • For their 2023 gingerbread house, she was inspired by San Francisco’s classic Victorian architecture.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Going even further back, scholars say that the fascination can be traced to a swirling blizzard of nostalgia, music, popular literature, the rise of Victorian mass culture ‒ and even the Little Ice Age.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of Victorian
Adjective
  • Instead of prim shirt dresses and caped gowns, Meghan’s luggage contained relaxed skirts from the affordable Aussie brand Posse, billowing backless maxi dresses, and aviator shades.
    Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The couple shares a son. 09 of 13 Alison Brie (Trudy Campbell) Community star Alison Brie played Pete’s wife, prim and proper daddy’s girl Trudy.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of prim
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