goody
47
7.9
- noun
- /ˈɡʊdi/
- Offensive
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santurrón
- I think I was a little too goody-goody in school too, and I needed to chill way out.
- a goody two-shoes
There is the golden goody boy prep.
- There is the golden goody boy prep.
Examples
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Just a little Goody Two-shoes.
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No, she would just look at me with judgmental eyes and give her typical goody-two-shoes opinion.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Jenny is going, Goody, goody two shoes. Make her stop."
Academic text (1997) -
"Jenny is going, Goody, goody two shoes. Make her stop."
Academic text (1997) -
And of course she's always been Little Miss Goody Two Shoes.
Fiction book (1996) -
They used to call her Goody Pope.
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It's rude. "Why are you such a goody-goody, Lucy?
Fiction book (1995) -
"Nobody likes a Goody Two-shoes," Quentin had told him on more than one occasion.
Fiction book (2000) -
Look, it's Miss Goody-Goody.
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Many children find it annoying when a classmate acts like a goody and follows all the rules.
Synonyms
144
1.0
A child or dog who behaves well and gets praise
27
9.7
A person who often helps other people
9
8.2
A person who always tries to be good and follow rules, annoying others
4
7.7
A person who always behaves very well to please teachers or adults
1
5.0
A person in a story who is kind and acts like a hero
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
9
8.2
A person who always tries to be good and follow rules, annoying others
- Informal
A way of behaving that tries too hard to please or follow rules and seems fake
How Virtuous
55
7.8
- Offensive
9
8.2
- Offensive
4
7.7
- Offensive
47
7.9
1
1.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word goody for a person comes from old uses where Goody was a title for a respectable woman (short for goodwife) and from the playful phrase goody-goody meaning someone 'too good'. So goody can mean a child who is very well-behaved in a way that annoys others.