prim

Meanings

• assume a prim appearance
  • "They mince and prim"
• contract one's lips
  • "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
• dress primly
• affectedly dainty or refined
• exaggeratedly proper

Synonyms

dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, priggish, prim out, prim up, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, twee, victorian