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PRISSINESS Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word prissiness. (exact relations)
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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.

Alternatives for AFFECTATION

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