Pretentious and Prissy

Pretentious

Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.

Prissy and pretentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prissy" instead an adjective "Pretentious".

Prissy

Prissy adjective - Exaggeratedly proper.
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Pretentious and prissy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective "Prissy".
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