prim

prim is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The privet. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The privet.
2. adjective. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
3. transitive verb. To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
4. intransitive verb. To dress or act smartly.
5. verb. dress primly
6. verb. contract one's lips

   "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"

7. verb. assume a prim appearance

   "They mince and prim"

8. adjective. exaggeratedly proper

   "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

   Synonyms: priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straightlaced, straitlaced, victorian

9. adjective. affectedly dainty or refined

   Synonyms: dainty, mincing, twee

Synonyms

priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straightlaced, straitlaced, victorian, dainty, mincing, twee

Common word forms

prims, primal, primed, primer, primes, primly, priming, primity, primmed, primmer, primmest, primming, primness

Words from these letters

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