Prissy (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Tight-laced
• Priggish
• Puritanical
• Square-toed
• Straitlaced
• Straight-laced
• Strait-laced
• Straightlaced
• Prudish
• Victorian
• Prim

Meaning ²

Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Dainty
• Overnice
• Nice
• Squeamish