PRISSY


Meaning of PRISSY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪsi ]

( prissier, prissiest)

If you say that someone is prissy , you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad. ( INFORMAL )

I grew to dislike the people from my background–they were rather uptight and prissy.

= prim

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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