Translations for „priggish“ in the English » German Dictionary

prig·gish [ˈprɪgɪʃ] ADJ pej

priggish (self-righteous)

tugendhaft

priggish (self-righteous)

selbstgefällig pej

priggish (prudish)

kleinkariert

priggish (prudish)

übertrieben tugendhaft

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I can envisage myself as having become a priggish headmistress.

www.independent.co.uk

This is not only short-sighted, xenophobic and priggish.

www.dailymail.co.uk

If this sounds severe, or even priggish, it doesn't seem so.

www.ft.com

Or was it two parents exercising their right to lightly mock their priggish offspring and set him right about the ways of the imperfect world?

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sadly, however, my views are quite possibly regarded by other expats as not only trite, but priggish.

www.telegraph.co.uk

This is a beautiful mixture of pride, ambition, an almost priggish sense of justice and yet the saving grace of the character an ironic self-awareness.

en.wikipedia.org

Apparently the great and the good don't like it when comedy is censored by priggish undergrads.

www.spiked-online.com

In practically every variant of its mythology, there is the priggish authority figure that we are all out to shock.

thefederalist.com

The left and right can be equally priggish in this.

www.smh.com.au

She is prudish, priggish and painfully self-conscious.

www.telegraph.co.uk