prissy

Describes a person who is excessively proper, fussy, or concerned with behaving in a correct or modest manner, often in a way that seems annoying or old-fashioned.

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1. Exaggeratedly proper C1 informal

   Behaving in an overly correct, formal, or fussy manner, often to the point of being annoying.

   • She was too prissy to join the mud fight.
   • His prissy attitude made him unpopular at the party.
   • Don't be so prissy about the seating arrangement.

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   Synonyme: fussygoody-goodyold-maidishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstrait-lacedstuffyuptight

   Antonyme: carelesscasualinformalrelaxedslovenly

2. Excessively fastidious C1 informal

   Being overly concerned with cleanliness, neatness, or propriety, and easily disgusted by things considered messy or improper.

   • He's so prissy he won't eat anything that's touched another food on the plate.
   • Her prissy nature meant she always carried hand sanitizer.
   • The prissy child refused to touch the clay.

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   Synonyme: finickyfussyparticularprimproperprudishsqueamishuptight

   Antonyme: carelessdisheveledmessyslipshodslouchyslovenlyunkemptuntidy

• prissier comparative form
• prissiest superlative form