prissy, priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim

[NewIT]

does "prissy" and its synonyms have a positive or a negative meaning please?

prissy (adjective) Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.
Synonyms: priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced,
victorian, puritanical, prim
Usage: A free-spirited party girl, I am the complete opposite of my prissy
and well-mannered sister.

Thanks in advance!

[HVS]

Post by NewIT
does "prissy" and its synonyms have a positive or a negative meaning please?
prissy (adjective) Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.
Synonyms: priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced,
victorian, puritanical, prim
Usage: A free-spirited party girl, I am the complete opposite of my
prissy and well-mannered sister.

It's negative. (Most of the synonyms are, too, although "straight-laced" and
"prim" aren't invariably used that way.)

[Clive]

Hi,

Yes, no-one wants to be called 'prissy', or any of those
other things.
I've never heard the term 'square-toed'.

Clive



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