What is another word for prissy?
Pronunciation:
[ pɹˈɪsi], [ pɹˈɪsi], [ p_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_i]
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Similar words for prissy:
- genteel (adjective)
- old-maidish (adjective)
- proper (adjective)
- stuffy (adjective)
- choosy (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- particular and fussy (adjective)
- prim (adjective)
- prudish (adjective)
- strait-laced (adjective)
- dainty (noun)
- goody two-shoes (noun)
- nice (noun)
- priggish (noun)
- prissy (noun)
Synonyms for Prissy:
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adj.
• genteel • old-maidish • proper • stuffy • choosy • demure- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- more unassertive ,
- more unassured ,
- most unassertive ,
- most unassured ,
- re tiring ,
- re-tiring ,
- un assertive ,
- un assuming ,
- un assured ,
- un-assertive ,
- un-assuming ,
- un-assured .
- blue nose ,
- cleanlier ,
- cleanliest ,
- more blue nose ,
- more blue-nose ,
- more bluenose ,
- more nit picking ,
- more nit-picking ,
- more overmodest ,
- more spic and span ,
- more spic-and-span ,
- more uncluttered ,
- most blue nose ,
- most blue-nose ,
- most bluenose ,
- most nit-picking ,
- most overmodest ,
- most spic and span ,
- most spic-and-span ,
- most uncluttered ,
- nit picking ,
- over modest ,
- un cluttered ,
- un-cluttered ,
- well groomed ,
- wellgroomed .
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n.
• dainty • goody two-shoes- goody goodies ,
- goody two shoes ,
- goody twoshoes ,
- goody-goodies ,
- goodygoodies ,
- prissies ,
- prudishes ,
- straight laced ,
- straight laceds ,
- straight-laceds ,
- straightlaceds ,
- up rights ,
- up-rights .
- nice .
Other synonyms:
- bluenosed ,
- old-maidish .
- genteel .
- stuffy .
- precise .
- proper .
Other relevant words:
- A-LINE ,
- Clingy ,
- Stickling ,
- affectedly proper ,
- backless ,
- baggy ,
- beautiful ,
- best ,
- blue ,
- boot-cut ,
- brief ,
- button-down ,
- button-through ,
- casual ,
- chichi ,
- chicken ,
- choosy ,
- courteous ,
- decent ,
- decorous ,
- demure ,
- effeminate ,
- elegant ,
- epicene ,
- exquisite ,
- finical ,
- finicky ,
- formal ,
- fussy ,
- goody ,
- goody-goody ,
- gracious ,
- mincing ,
- modest ,
- molly ,
- muff ,
- muliebrous ,
- niminy-piminy ,
- old-womanish ,
- over-modest ,
- over-nice ,
- pansified ,
- percy ,
- pernickety ,
- persnickety ,
- picky ,
- plain ,
- precious ,
- prig ,
- prim and proper ,
- puritan ,
- puritanic ,
- rigid ,
- sissified ,
- sissy ,
- sissyish ,
- skillful ,
- soft ,
- squared-toe ,
- stiff ,
- straight-laced ,
- strait-laced ,
- tasty ,
- twee ,
- unmanly ,
- womanish .
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How to use "Prissy" in context?
Prissy is a word that is often used to describe someone who is too picky or who projects an image that they are too good for the world. The Oxford English Dictionary defines prissy as "haughty and scornful;showy or affectedly nice." Prissy often implies that the person is not standing up for themselves and is instead relying on others to act as their shield.
Homophones for Prissy:
- Prissie.
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