prim

/prɪm/ verbadjective

4 letters1 syllable8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS5

VERB

1

Dress primly.

2

Assume a prim appearance.

“They mince and prim”

3

Contract one's lips.

“She primmed her lips after every bite of food”

ADJECTIVE

1

Affectedly dainty or refined.

2

Exaggeratedly proper.

WORD FORMS

Related formprimness

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®8 points

Words With Friends®10 points

Double word16 points

Triple word24 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinimpray

Starts & ends withP … M

Syllablesprim

SYNONYMS & RELATED19

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

KEEP EXPLORING4

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