PRISSY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
   Synonym(s)
   • dainty (what does dainty mean?)
   • nice (what does nice mean?)
   • overnice (what does overnice mean?)
   • squeamish (what does squeamish mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
   • so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
   Similar To
   • fastidious (what does fastidious mean?)
2. Meaning
   • exaggeratedly proper
   Synonym(s)
   • priggish (what does priggish mean?)
   • prim (what does prim mean?)
   • prudish (what does prudish mean?)
   • puritanical (what does puritanical mean?)
   • square-toed (what does square-toed mean?)
   • straight-laced (what does straight-laced mean?)
   • straightlaced (what does straightlaced mean?)
   • strait-laced (what does strait-laced mean?)
   • straitlaced (what does straitlaced mean?)
   • tight-laced (what does tight-laced mean?)
   • victorian (what does victorian mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn”t approve of my miniskirts
   Similar To
   • proper (what does proper mean?)