prissy

adjective
UK: /ˈprɪsi/
US: /ˈprɪsi/

  1. Behaving in a very careful and easily shocked way; excessively proper or refined.

    1. She looked a bit prissy in her buttoned-up cardigan.
    2. He thought the rules were too prissy and refused to follow them.

  2. Excessively concerned with being respectable, neat, and well-behaved, often in a way that seems affected or insincere.

    1. Don't be so prissy about your clothes; they're just for playing in the mud.
    2. The headmaster was considered a prissy old man by many of the students.

Synonyms

prim prudish fussy fastidious
prissy noun

  1. A person who is excessively proper or fussy about details.

    1. My aunt is such a prissy; she always complains about something.
    2. The prissy at the office always corrects my grammar in emails.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "prissy" in English means: Behaving in a very careful and easily shocked way; excessively proper or refined., Excessively concerned with being respectable, neat, and well-behaved, often in a way that seems affected or insincere..

The phonetic transcription of "prissy" is /ˈprɪsi/ in British English and /ˈprɪsi/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "prissy": prim, prudish, fussy, fastidious.

Example usage of "prissy": "She looked a bit prissy in her buttoned-up cardigan.". More examples on the page.