Translations for „prissy“ in the English » German Dictionary

pris·sy [ˈprɪsi] ADJ pej

prissy person

zickig pej inf

prissy person

zimperlich pej

prissy dress, hairstyle

brav pej

prissy ADJ

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prissy (hairstyle etc) pej

bieder pej

prissy (prudish, prim, fussy) pej

spießig pej

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She had long, elaborately curled hair, acted very prissy and spoiled - yet underneath, she could display a vicious and manipulative personality.

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Other roles were as a strict, officious and prissy person in an authority role.

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The cars may be pretty, but they're not prissy.

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Prissy says that she can help out with the birth.

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Critics said that the women are portrayed as materialistic and prissy.

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However, she also has a fiery temper and can sometimes be snobby, spoiled, prissy and pretentious.

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There is no time for prissy footstomping or an insistence on playing only new material.

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The story of the prissy schoolmaster he once was, a slight, almost effeminate figure, his small, manicured hands given to birdlike gestures.

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Sometimes depicted as prissy and bossy around the flat, she was occasionally seen as a proponent of health-food, and she at one time ran an aerobics class.

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When did the world of garbage and recycling become so prissy?

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