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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

someone who is upright in a good and proper moral way;

e.g. They teased her goody-goody behavior towards the teacher.

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Artificial

Backhanded

Bore

Canting

Counterfeit

Coy

Crab

Cutesy

Cynic

Demure

Double

Double-dealing

Double-faced

Downer

Drag

Drip

Fake

Feigned

Flirtatious

Fuddy-duddy

Girlish

Grinch

Grouch

Grump

Holier-than-thou

Hypocritical

Incorrupt

Incorruptible

Insincere

Janus-faced

Killjoy

Kittenish

Moralistic

Overmodest

Pharisaical

Pious

Prig

Prim

Prudish

Rectitudinous

Sanctimonious

Self-righteous

Simon-pure

Sorehead

Sourpuss

Spoilsport

Stick-in-the-mud

Unobjectionable

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Opposite Words

Artless

Candid

Cutup

Direct

Forthright

Frank

Genuine

Heart-to-heart

Heartfelt

Honest

Jester

Libertine

Open

Plain

Playboy

Playgirl

Rake

Sincere

Straightforward

Undesigning

Unfeigned

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Related Words

Affected

All right

Artificial

Assumed

Bluenose

Bogus

Contrived

Coy

Decent

Demure

Drag

Ethic

Ethical

Factitious

Fake

False

Feigned

Forced

Good

Grinch

Honest

Honorable

Just

Killjoy

Kittenish

Mechanical

Mock

Moral

Nice

Nice-nelly

Party pooper

Phony

Plastic

Prude

Pseudo

Puritan

Put-on

Right

Right-minded

Righteous

Sham

Simulated

Spoilsport

Spurious

Straight

Strained

True

Unnatural

Upright

Virtuous

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