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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 | ||
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