goody-goody
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈɡʊdiˌɡʊdi/
- Offensive
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- He has always been such a goody-goody, trying to please everyone around him.
- acting the goody-goody
- so goody-goody
Examples
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We Osmonds also got labeled as being "goody-goody" and "too clean."
Blog text (31) -
How religious and goody-goody is that?
Blog text (33) -
I think I was a little too goody-goody in school too, and I needed to chill way out.
Blog text (19) -
That goody-goody!
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How can any of you "goody goody girls," especially the author, judge a book that you know nothing about just because you heard a brief description of it, which was most likely about just the sex?
Blog text (13) -
Don't act so goody-goody with me, Mr. Calif McKinney.
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So all around me there are these three girls that are so goody-goody they've probably never farted, and they're wrinkling their faces up and shaking their heads because they can't understand why they're getting all the answers wrong.
Fiction book (1997) -
Many people found her goody-goody attitude annoying during the group project.
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Stop being so goody-goody; not everything needs to be done by the book.
Synonyms
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7.8
Thinking you are better than other people about right and wrong and judging them
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8.5
Acting as if you are morally better than other people
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8.7
Acting as if morally better than other people
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
Showing false moral pride and judging others harshly
Showing false religious feeling to seem very religious
Pretending to be very religious to seem morally better than others
Antonyms
How Virtuous
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7.8
23
8.5
- Offensive
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8.2
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3.0
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2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Goody-goody comes from the simple word good turned into goody, and the repetition makes it sound extra 'good' or showy. So it describes someone who acts too perfect or like they are better than others.