| false modesty Quakerishness censoriousness demureness demurity hideboundness mauvaise honte narrowness overmodesty priggishness primness prudery prudishness puritanicalness sanctimoniousness sanctimony smugness stiff-neckedness straitlacedness stuffiness |
| primness Quakerishness buckram censoriousness ceremonial ceremoniousness ceremony demureness demurity dignity extrinsicality false modesty form formality formalization gravity hideboundness impersonality mauvaise honte narrowness overmodesty pomp pomposity priggishness prudery prudishness puritanicalness rigidness ritual rituality sanctimoniousness sanctimony smugness solemnity starchiness stiff-neckedness stiffness stiltedness straitlacedness stuffiness stylization weight |
| bad notices adverse criticism animadversion aspersion bad press captiousness carping cavil caviling censoriousness criticism exception faultfinding flak hairsplitting hit home thrust hostile criticism hypercriticalness hypercriticism imputation knock nagging niggle niggling nit nit-picking obloquy overcriticalness pestering pettifogging priggishness quibble quibbling rap reflection reproachfulness slam stricture swipe taking exception trichoschistism |