Übersetzungen für „priggish“ im Englisch » Slowenisch-Wörterbuch

prig·gish [ˈprɪgɪʃ] ADJ abw

priggish (self-righteous)

samovšečen

priggish (prudish)

moralizatorski

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

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

www.telegraph.co.uk

I can envisage myself as having become a priggish headmistress.

www.independent.co.uk

She is prudish, priggish and painfully self-conscious.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Added to her priggish religiosity, it was a recipe for a decidedly frosty demeanour -- one reason she was disliked by her adopted countrymen.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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

thefederalist.com

Sometimes, however, in our passion for pristine behavior among elected politicians -- especially those formally exercising power -- we can become a trifle priggish.

windsorstar.com

The priggish, boorish, pharisaical right raged against him, and he soldiered on.

www.salon.com

This is emotive and priggish; it aims to provoke a gaffe instead of soliciting an insight.

www.ft.com

He is priggish and repressed and arrogant.

www.advertiser.ie

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.

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