PRISSINESS Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word prissiness. (close relations)
Definition of PRISSINESS
Best Alternative Words for PRISSINESS
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affectation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | ||||||||
daintiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | ||||||||
fastidious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness • having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | ||||||||
fussiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an irritable petulant feeling • unnecessary elaborateness in details | ||||||||
pedantry | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | ||||||||
preciousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality possessed by something with a great price or value • the positive quality of being precious and beyond value • the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | ||||||||
pretentiousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||||||||
priggishness | nounn | |||||||
noun • exaggerated and arrogant properness | ||||||||
primness | nounn | |||||||
noun • excessive or affected modesty • exaggerated and arrogant properness | ||||||||
foppery | nounn | |||||||
noun • The dress or actions of a fop. • Stupidity. |