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View usage for: (prɪsi) Word forms: comparative prissier, superlative prissiestadjectiveIf you say that someone is prissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad. [informal, disapproval] I grew to dislike the people from my background–they were rather uptight and prissy. Synonyms: prim, precious, fussy, fastidious More Synonyms of prissy prissy in British English (ˈprɪsɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -sier or -siestfussy and prim, esp in a prudish way Derived forms prissily (ˈprissily) adverb prissiness (ˈprissiness) noun Word origin C20: probably from prim + sissyprissy in American English (ˈprɪsi) US adjectiveWord forms: ˈprissier or ˈprissiest Informal very prim or precise; fussy, prudish, etc. Derived forms prissily (ˈprissily) adverb prissiness (ˈprissiness) noun Word origin prob. prim 2 + sissy Synonyms of 'prissy'prim, precious, fussy, fastidious More Synonyms of prissy Definition prim and prudish the prissy and puritanical heroine of the novel Synonyms anal retentive schoolmarmish (British, informal) old-maidish (informal) niminy-piminy overnice prim and proper Additional synonymsDefinition paying great attention to neatness, detail, and order He was fastidious about his appearance. Synonyms particular, meticulous, fussy, overdelicate, difficult, nice, critical, discriminating, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal), picky (informal), hard to please, finicky, punctilious (formal), pernickety, hypercritical, overnice, nit-picky (informal) 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) Definition very particular about detail She's not fussy about her food. Synonyms particular, difficult, exacting, discriminating, fastidious, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal), picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), hard to please, finicky, pernickety, faddish, faddy, anal retentive, old-maidish, old womanish, overparticular, nit-picky (informal) - prise
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Additional synonymsDefinition very affected in speech, manners, or behaviour Actors, he decided, were all precious and neurotic. Synonyms affected, artificial, fastidious, twee (British, informal), chichi, overrefined, overnice His novels are not for prudish readers. Synonyms prim, formal, proper, stuffy, puritanical, demure, squeamish, narrow-minded, starchy (informal), prissy (informal), strait-laced, Victorian, priggish, schoolmarmish (British, informal), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy, overmodest, overnice Definition easily shocked or upset by unpleasant sights or events A meeting with this man is not for the socially squeamish. Synonyms fastidious, particular, delicate, nice (rare), scrupulous, prudish, prissy (informal), finicky, strait-laced, punctilious (formal) Definition having a strict code of moral standards He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded. Synonyms puritanical, proper, prim, narrow, Victorian, strict, narrow-minded, moralistic, of the old school, prudish, old-maidish (informal), overscrupulous, niminy-piminy |