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Synonyms & Antonyms of prissy
informal + disapproving
having or showing the annoying attitude of people who care too much about dressing and behaving properly and who are easily upset by other people's behavior, language, etc.
- She was too prissy to wear jeans.
- a prissy do-gooder
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for prissy
- choosy
- (or choosey),
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussbudgety,
- fussy,
- nice,
- old-maidish,
- particular,
- pernickety
- [chiefly British],
- persnickety,
- picky
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The first known use of prissy was in 1894
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