prig

What if I sounded like a moralizing, self-righteous prig?

The Professor, Sonia’s father, is a selfish and pompous prig who hates Vanya as much as Vanya hates him.

Are you as warmhearted as you say you are, or are you just a crusty old prig who wants to watch old empires while eating your chips and seven-bean dip?

Never a favorite of the political left — in San Francisco she was considered a conservative and, worse, mocked as a prig — Feinstein routinely infuriated fellow Democrats by reaching across the aisle to work with Republicans.

“Come on in, you prig,” calls Richard.