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Synonyms & Antonyms of goody-goody
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- The other kids don't like her because she's a goody-goody.
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goody-goody
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- canting,
- holier-than-thou,
- moralistic,
- pharisaical,
- pious,
- rectitudinous,
- sanctimonious,
- self-righteous,
- simon-pure
- artificial,
- backhanded,
- counterfeit,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- fake,
- feigned,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- Janus-faced,
- jive
- [slang],
- left-handed,
- lip,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- Pecksniffian,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- phony-baloney
- (or phoney-baloney),
- pretended,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
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- uncoy
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“Goody-goody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goody-goody. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of goody-goody was in 1785
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