prim

[prim] / prɪm /

ADJECTIVE

particular, fussy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

demure

STRONG

correct spruce stickling tidy uncluttered

WEAK

Victorian blue-nose ceremonial ceremonious choosy cleanly conventional dapper decorous fastidious formal genteel good goody-goody nice nit-picking orderly overmodest polite precise priggish prissy proper prudish puritanical rigid shipshape spick-and-span stiff straight strait-laced stuffy upright well-groomed wooden

Antonyms

STRONG

untidy

WEAK

informal rumpled

Example Sentences

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Everything is prim, but the picture’s mood is as weirdly glum as it is exuberant.

From The Wall Street Journal

This bold diagonal, cut through the prim Quaker street grid, produced a great many awkwardly shaped blocks, including the pointy trapezoid between the Parkway and the Vine Street Expressway that houses Calder Gardens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Early in her career, Swift had a reputation for being prim and proper.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.

From BBC

Miss Higgins, played by Georgie Glen, is the prim surgery receptionist with a poignant family backstory, which revealed her hidden strengths.

From BBC

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