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 | ||