PRISSY


Meaning of PRISSY in English

(prissier, prissiest)

If you say that someone is ~, 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 ~.

= prim

ADJ disapproval

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .