prig

• Substantiv für eine Person, die als überheblich, selbstgefällig und nervtötend korrekt oder moralisierend gilt; oft ein selbstgerechter Besserwisser oder Tugendbolds.

A noun referring to a person who is considered arrogant, self-righteous, and annoyingly proper or moralistic.

1. Arrogant and annoying personC1informal

   A person who is regarded as self-righteously superior, overly proper, and irritating to others.

   Selbstgefälliger und nerviger Mensch

   • He's such a prig, always correcting everyone's grammar.
   • She acted like a prig, refusing to join in the fun.
   • Nobody likes a prig who thinks they are better than everyone else.

   Synonymegoody-goodyholier-than-thouprudepuritan