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Synonyms for prissy
ˈprɪs i
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Princeton's WordNet
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian(adj)
exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Synonyms:
blue(a), mincing, straitlaced, squeamish, overnice, dainty, puritanical, straightlaced, priggish, prudish, strait-laced, tight-laced, nice, straight-laced, squared-toe, niminy-piminy, victorian, prim, puritanic, twee, square-toedAntonyms:
improper, unfastidiousdainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish(adj)
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
"too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
Synonyms:
mincing, straitlaced, squeamish, decent, dainty, puritanical, straightlaced, priggish, overnice, skillful, straight-laced, gracious, tight-laced, nice, strait-laced, niminy-piminy, courteous, prudish, victorian, prim, exquisite, twee, square-toedAntonyms:
unfastidious, improper
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1157 | nice | |
#6856 | victorian | |
#7256 | decent | |
#13127 | exquisite | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#22904 | courteous | |
#33359 | prim | |
#34606 | skillful | |
#42465 | dainty | |
#59849 | twee | |
#87865 | squeamish | |
#92958 | prissy | |
#108246 | puritanical | |
#108620 | mincing | |
#142690 | prudish | |
#302146 | priggish |
How to use prissy in a sentence?
I thought they were getting very prissy and trying to slice the salami very fine, you can be vertical and feel 100 % or virtually 100 % and going about your daily business and unaware that you're infected and perfectly capable transmitting the virus.
Translations for prissy
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- cimprlichCzech
- sippetDanish
- zimperlichGerman
- σεμνότυφοςGreek
- caballero, remilgadoSpanish
- پستانPersian
- sievistelevä, hyperkorrektiFinnish
- bégueuleFrench
- भद्देHindi
- fontoskodóHungarian
- terlalu sopanIndonesian
- affettatoItalian
- prissyLatin
- prissyNorwegian
- prissyPolish
- arrumadaPortuguese
- благонравный, чопорный, жеманныйRussian
- அளவுக்கு மீறிச் சரிபார்க்கிறTamil
- prissyYiddish
- 妖精的Chinese
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