prigs in English

noun
1
a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others.
Maybe you should have thought about that before you started behaving like a pompous prig .
synonyms:prudepuritankilljoygoody-goodygoody two-shoes
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1. Have you ever seen such a bunch of self - righteous , arse - covering prigs?

2. Synonyms for Bluenoses include puritans, prudes, moralists, wowsers, killjoys, prigs, goody-goodies, old maids, pietists and schoolmarms