prissier
More excessively proper
Prissier is the comparative form of prissy, meaning more fussily proper or prim than something else.
Someone prissier than another is more easily shocked by impropriety, more fastidious about manners, or more uptight about following rules: She's even prissier than her mother about table etiquette.
Excessively selective or particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
- choosyOverly particular about preferences
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
particular · nitpicky · demanding · overparticular · exacting · difficult · selective · dainty
Easily broken or harmed
- oversensitiveExcessively prone to offense
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
queasy · fastidious · pearl-clutching · touchy · hypersensitive · prudish · overrefined · mincing
Modestly reserved in manner
- properSocially appropriate
- prudishExcessively concerned with propriety
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
priggish · stiff · uptight · stuffy · starched · formal · reserved · old-maidish
Falsely grand or important
- snootyAffectedly superior in manner
- hoity-toityAffectedly superior in manner
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
snobbish · la-di-da · conceited · supercilious · highfalutin · airs · self-important · pompous
picky
Excessively selective or particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- persnicketyExcessively concerned with details
- choosyOverly particular about preferences
fastidious · particular · nitpicky · demanding · overparticular · exacting · difficult · selective · dainty · hypercritical
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
- oversensitiveExcessively prone to offense
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
dainty · queasy · fastidious · pearl-clutching · touchy · hypersensitive · prudish · overrefined · mincing · shrinking
demure
Modestly reserved in manner
- properSocially appropriate
- prudishExcessively concerned with propriety
- strait-lacedExcessively proper and strict
puritanical · priggish · stiff · uptight · stuffy · starched · formal · reserved · old-maidish · Victorian
pretentious
Falsely grand or important
- snootyAffectedly superior in manner
- hoity-toityAffectedly superior in manner
- uppityArrogantly self-important
haughty · snobbish · la-di-da · conceited · supercilious · highfalutin · airs · self-important · pompous · stuck-up