English noun: primness | |||
1. | primness (attribute) excessive or affected modesty | ||
Synonyms | Grundyism, prudery, prudishness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | modestness, modesty | ||
2. | primness (attribute) exaggerated and arrogant properness | ||
Synonyms | priggishness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | correctitude, properness, propriety | ||