prim
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(verb) dress primly |
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Synonyms: prim out, prim up |
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Related Words: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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(verb) contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" |
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Related Words: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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(verb) assume a prim appearance: "They mince and prim" |
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Related Words: change |
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(satellite adjective) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" |
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Synonyms: priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
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(satellite adjective) affectedly dainty or refined |
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Synonyms: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee |
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