HyperDic: prissy

English > 2 senses of the word prissy:
ADJECTIVEallprissy, priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorianexaggeratedly proper
allprissy, dainty, nice, overnice, squeamishexcessively fastidious and easily disgusted
prissy > pronunciation
Soundsprih'siy
Rhymesabsorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...
English > prissy: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningexaggeratedly proper.
Synonymspriggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
Broaderpropermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Spanishgazmoño, mojigato, pudibundo, puritano, remilgado
Adverbsprissilyin a prissy manner
English > prissy: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningexcessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
Synonymsdainty, nice, overnice, squeamish
BroaderfastidiousGiving careful attention to detail
Spanishescrupuloso, puntilloso, quisquilloso
Catalanescrupulós, primmirat

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