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1 primness
nounчопорность; жеманство* * *(n) аккуратность; жеманство; строгость; чопорность* * *чопорность; жеманство* * *[prim·ness || 'prɪmnɪs] n. жеманство, чопорность* * *жеманностьжеманствоманерностьчопорность* * *чопорность -
2 primness
1. n чопорность; жеманство2. n строгость; аккуратностьСинонимический ряд:1. coyness (noun) coyness; demureness; excessive modesty; modesty; prudery; puritanism; strictness2. genteelness (noun) genteelness; preciseness; priggishness; prissiness; properness; prudishness; stuffiness3. neatness (noun) neatness; orderliness; snugness; trimness -
3 stuffiness
n духота; спёртостьСинонимический ряд:1. breathlessness (noun) breathlessness; closeness2. display of knowledge (noun) affectation; display of knowledge; dryness; meticulousness; pedantry; pomposity; precision; pretension; tediousness3. primness (noun) genteelness; preciseness; priggishness; primness; prissiness; properness; prudishness4. puffiness (noun) puffiness -
4 priggishness
Синонимический ряд:1. being precise and ceremonious (noun) being precise and ceremonious; ceremoniousness; conventionality; formality; pompous behavior; punctiliousness; rigidity; sententiousness; stiff correctness2. primness (noun) genteelness; preciseness; primness; prissiness; properness; prudishness; stuffiness3. smugness (noun) smugness -
5 prissiness
Синонимический ряд:1. effeminateness (noun) effeminateness; unmanliness2. primness (noun) genteelness; preciseness; priggishness; primness; properness; prudishness; stuffiness -
6 prudishness
Синонимический ряд:primness (noun) genteelness; preciseness; priggishness; primness; prissiness; properness; stuffiness -
7 strictness
1. точность; строгость2. строгостьСинонимический ряд:1. coyness (noun) coyness; demureness; excessive modesty; modesty; priggishness; primness; prudery; puritanism; stuffiness2. rigidness (noun) rigidness; rigorousness3. severity (noun) austerities'; harshness; rigour; severity; stringency4. trueness (noun) faithfulness; justness; rightness; trueness; veraciousness -
8 coyness
1. n застенчивость, скромность2. n жеманство; претензия на скромность, застенчивость; вид скромницыСинонимический ряд:1. archness (noun) archness; coquettishness; roguishness2. prudery (noun) excessive modesty; modesty; priggishness; primness; prudery; puritanism; strictness; stuffiness3. shyness (noun) backwardness; bashfulness; demureness; shyness; timidness -
9 neatness
1. n чистоплотность, опрятность, аккуратность2. n лог. чёткость, ясностьСинонимический ряд:1. orderliness (noun) orderliness; primness; snugness; trimness2. plainness (noun) plainness; pureness -
10 snugness
Синонимический ряд:1. coziness (noun) coziness; easiness; softness2. neatness (noun) neatness; orderliness; primness; trimness -
11 trimness
n опрятность, элегантностьСинонимический ряд:1. neatness (noun) neatness; orderliness; primness; snugness2. statuesqueness (noun) statuesqueness -
12 prudery
1. n напускная скромность, притворная стыдливость; жеманство2. n ханжеское поведение, действие или высказываниеСинонимический ряд:coyness (noun) coyness; demureness; excessive modesty; modesty; priggishness; primness; puritanism; strictness; stuffiness -
13 Puritanism
1. n пуританство2. n строгие взгляды, строгие нравыСинонимический ряд:coyness (noun) coyness; demureness; excessive modesty; modesty; priggishness; primness; prudery; strictness; stuffiness
См. также в других словарях:
primness — prim ► ADJECTIVE (primmer, primmest) ▪ feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct. DERIVATIVES primly adverb primness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French prin, excellent, delicate , from Latin primus first … English terms dictionary
primness — noun see prim II … New Collegiate Dictionary
primness — noun The quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper … Wiktionary
primness — noun 1. excessive or affected modesty • Syn: ↑prudishness, ↑prudery, ↑Grundyism • Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim … Useful english dictionary
prim — I. transitive verb (primmed; primming) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1706 1. to give a prim or demure expression to < primming her thin lips after every mouthful John Buchan > 2. to dress primly II. adjective (primmer; … New Collegiate Dictionary
prim — adjective (primmer, primmest) feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct. verb (prims, primming, primmed) purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression. Derivatives primly adverb primness noun Origin … English new terms dictionary
prim — adjective 1 very formal and careful in the way you behave, and easily shocked by anything rude: a prim and studious manner | prim and proper: Andy s much too prim and proper to enjoy your jokes. 2 small and neat: a prim apron primly adverb… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
prim — /prɪm / (say prim) adjective (primmer, primmest) 1. affectedly precise or proper, as persons, behaviour, etc.; stiffly neat. –verb (primmed, primming) –verb (i) 2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. –verb (t) 3. to make… …
prim — ► ADJECTIVE (primmer, primmest) ▪ feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct. DERIVATIVES primly adverb primness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French prin, excellent, delicate , from Latin primus first … English terms dictionary
primly — prim ► ADJECTIVE (primmer, primmest) ▪ feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct. DERIVATIVES primly adverb primness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French prin, excellent, delicate , from Latin primus first … English terms dictionary
Grundyism — noun excessive or affected modesty • Syn: ↑primness, ↑prudishness, ↑prudery • Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim ( … Useful english dictionary
