prim

Speech parts

1. prim - Noun

2. prim - Adjective

3. prim - Verb

4. prim - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

The privet.

Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.

To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

To dress or act smartly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prudish victorian prissy formal correct proper rigid stiff trim neat tidy puritanical uptight decorous strait-laced
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Antonyms

blue askew confused rough informal contaminated
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Hypernyms

change press dress tog contract compact

Phrases with the word

prim and proper Prim-Dijkstra algorithm prim gut

Derivatives

primmed primming Primmer primmest

Examples

The cat that Prim got hates me, I think partly because I tried to drown it. Suzanne Collins

I vote yes.... for Prim. Suzanne Collins

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. Helena Bonham Carter

Love this job," Sanya murmured. "Just love it." "I need to challenge more people to duels," Thomas said in agreement. "Men are pigs," Murphy said. "Amen," said Molly. Lea gave me a prim look and said, "I've not sacrificed a holy virgin in ages. Jim Butcher

Rumors chase the dead like flies, and we follow them with our prim noses. None of us are gossips, but we love listening to those who are. Stephen L. Carter

Her name's Prim. She's just twelve. And I love her more than anything. Suzanne Collins

Close letter words and terms

prillion prilocaine Prilosec prim and proper prim gut prim out