| VERB | change | prim | assume / assume a prim appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | prim | contract one's lips | |
| body | prim, prim up, prim out | dress primly | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | prim, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee | affectedly dainty or refined |
| all | prim, priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | exaggeratedly proper |
| Sounds | prih'm | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acronym ... whim: 31 rhymes with ihm... | |
| Meaning | affectedly dainty or refined. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | mincing, niminy-piminy, twee | |
| Broader | refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel |
| Spanish | cursi, delicado, fino | |
| Nouns | primness | excessive or affected modesty |
| Meaning | exaggeratedly proper. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | gazmoño, mojigato, pudibundo, puritano, remilgado | |
| Nouns | primness | exaggerated and arrogant properness |
| primness | excessive or affected modesty | |
| Adverbs | primly | in a prissy manner |
| Meaning | assume / assume a prim appearance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "They mince and prim" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | acicalarse | |
| Meaning | contract one's lips. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" | |
| Broader | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
| Spanish | fruncir los labios | |
| Meaning | Dress primly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | prim up, prim out | |
| Broader | dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel | Provide with clothes or put clothes on |
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