prig

🇺🇸 /prɪɡ/ 🇬🇧 /prɪɡ/
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タグ RARE
noun
R

Someone who is overly self-righteous and critical of others, often showing off their own moral superiority.

The new teacher was a prig, always pointing out the faults of others and boasting about their own virtues.

新しい先生はうぬぼれ屋で、常に他人の欠点を指摘し、自分の美徳を自慢していました。

translation

n. 自棄の人

語形変化

Plural prigs