prissy

[US]/'prɪsɪ/
[UK]/'prɪsi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. overly concerned with trivial matters; excessively delicate or fussy; neurotic.

Example Sentences

a prissy and emotionless creature

a middle-class family with two prissy children.

PRISSY:And a fine baby boy and Miss Scarlett and me, we brung him.

She is known for being prissy about her appearance.

He always acts prissy when it comes to cleaning.

Don't be so prissy, just get your hands dirty and help out!

The prissy cat refused to eat anything but fresh fish.

She has a prissy attitude towards people who don't meet her standards.

He's too prissy to go camping with us.

The prissy customer complained about every little detail of the meal.

She's so prissy that she won't even wear sneakers with her dress.

The prissy boss always expects perfection from his employees.

Stop being so prissy and just enjoy the messy fun!

Real-world Examples

Prissy put down the child and obeyed.

Source: Gone with the Wind

There is a consensus on this that that extra comma is pedantic and prissy.

Source: Dad teaches you grammar.

Your children will probably be soft, prissy creatures, as the children of hard-bitten characters usually are.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Not really, unless you were acting all prissy and demanding.

Source: 2 Broke Girls Season 1

No, I agree. I mean, Howard always was a prissy mama's boy.

Source: The movie of Qiu Qiu.

I don't care if I said some other girl's name, you prissy old twit!

Source: Friends Season 5

I-I-I don't care if I said some other girl'sname you prissy, old twit!

Source: Friends Season 05

'Cause I'd get a real kick out of watching a prissy little whack job like you lying in your own filth. Know what I mean?

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

It's easy to become careless when making rough comparisons, but the alternative is a prissy attention to detail that takes all the fun out of writing.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Any time she wanted to fill her house with guests, she could do so and these guests would be far more entertaining, far more handsomely dressed than those prissy, strait-laced old fools who disapproved of her.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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