| 单词 | old womanish |
| 释义 | (adjective) Synonyms fussy She's not fussy about her food. timid prim We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. prudish His novels are not for prudish readers. finicky Even the most finicky eater will find something to eat. timorous strait-laced He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded. pernickety (informal) He's very pernickety about neatness. niggly anal retentive overcautious old-maidish (informal) niminy-piminy overparticular Additional synonymsin the sense of finicky Definition overelaborate or ornate Even the most finicky eater will find something to eat. Synonyms fussy, difficult, particular, hard to please, critical, scrupulous, fastidious, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal), picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), finicking, overnice, overparticular, nit-picky (informal) in the sense of pernickety Definition excessively fussy about details He's very pernickety about neatness. Synonyms fussy, particular, careful, exacting, carping, painstaking, fastidious, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), finicky, punctilious (formal), anal retentive, difficult to please, hairsplitting, overprecise, nit-picky (informal) in the sense of prim Definition affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. Synonyms prudish, particular, formal, proper, precise, stiff, fussy, fastidious, puritanical, demure, starchy (informal), prissy, strait-laced, priggish, anal retentive, schoolmarmish (British, rare), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy (rare) Nearby words of |
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