prim English

Meaning prim meaning

What does prim mean?

prim

— verb dress primly

— verb contract one's lips She primmed her lips after every bite of food

— verb assume a prim appearance They mince and prim

— adjective (= straitlaced) exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

— adjective (= dainty) affectedly dainty or refined

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What other words have the same or similar meaning as prim?

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prudish

stilted

showy

formal

artificial

affected

trim

straitlaced

straight-laced

stiff

prissy

victorian

twee

tog

titivate

tight-laced

strait-laced

straightlaced

square-toed

smart

puritanical

prink

prim up

prim out

priggish

pretentious

niminy-piminy

neat

natty

mincing

doll

dainty

well groomed

vain

typical

trig

tog up

stylish

starched

squeamish

spruce

spiffy

sparkish

spark plug

scrupulous

rakish

quaint

purse

punctilious

prude

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What do people use prim to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

• What words describe a person who gets angry often or easily?
  have a temper irascible bilious cantankerous choleric cranky grouch hot tempered hot headed ill-tempered irascible irritable easily offended quick-tempered prim prude sensitive thin-skinned touchy