prim

Adjective
  1. Affectedly dainty or refined (synset 301954782)
    similar to: refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
    same as: mincing, niminy-piminy, twee
  2. Exaggeratedly proper (synset 301886245)
    "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
    similar to: proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    same as: priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
Verb
  1. Assume a prim appearance (synset 200526244)
    "They mince and prim"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  2. Contract one's lips (synset 200145592)
    "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
    is a type of: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together
  3. Dress primly (synset 200044876)
    is a type of: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog - provide with clothes or put clothes on
    same as: prim out, prim up

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