English adjective: prissy | |||
1. | prissy exaggeratedly proper | ||
Samples | My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts. | ||
Synonyms | priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian | ||
Similar | proper | ||
Antonyms | improper | ||
2. | prissy excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | ||
Samples | Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking. So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow. | ||
Synonyms | dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish | ||
Similar | fastidious | ||
Antonyms | unfastidious | ||