Another word for prissy | Synonyms for prissy

Another word for prissy

adjective

Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form:

bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idiom: prim and proper. See plain

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The Prissy is a sexy strappy sandal with a 2 3/4 inch heel, leather upper, lightly padded foot bed and elasticized ankle strap.
He had this funny, prissy way of talking, old fashioned-like... using big words when he didn't have to, always trying to impress.
Jessi didn't say what she wanted, that prissy Ashley wasn't the type to roam the streets with thugs.
I don't have the slightest idea why, but I found my file on your prissy-missy girlfriend on his desk.

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