Prim

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
  • adj. Strait-laced; prudish.
  • adj. Neat and trim: a prim hedgerow.
  • v. To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.
  • v. To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
  • verb-intransitive. To assume a prim expression.
  • n. A privet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make affectedly precise or proper.
  • v. To dress or act smartly.
  • adj. prudish, overly correct in behaviour, straight-laced
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The privet.
  • adj. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
  • v. To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
  • verb-intransitive. To dress or act smartly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Neat; formal; stiffly precise; affectedly nice; demure.
  • n. A neat, pretty girl.
  • To deck with great nicety; form or dispose with affected preciseness; prink; make prim.
  • To make one's self print or precise.
  • n. The fry of the smelt.
  • n. The privet. See Ligustrum.
  • n. An abbreviation of primary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. exaggeratedly proper
  • v. contract one's lips
  • v. assume a prim appearance
  • adj. affectedly dainty or refined
  • v. dress primly
  • Equivalent
    proper    refined   
    Verb Form
    primmed    primming    prims   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    compress    press    compact    squeeze    contract    constrict    change    dress    raiment    garment   
    Cross Reference
    stiff    formal   
    Variant
    primmed    primmer    primmest    primming   
    Form
    primmed    primming    prissy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    formal    precise    prink    prudish    précis   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grim    Grimm    Him    Im    Jim    Kim    Sim    Tim    Zim    brim   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    demure    sedate    neat    stately    Victorian    comely    pedantic    self-satisfied    respectable    businesslike