prim
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
assume a prim appearance
They mince and prim
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
affectedly dainty or refined
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
contract one's lips
She primmed her lips after every bite of food
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
exaggeratedly proper
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Related & opposite
- priggishness derivation
- primness derivation
- prude derivation
- proper similar to
Sense 5 verb
dress primly
Types & categories
- apparel hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | primness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | refined |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | priggishness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | primness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prude |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | apparel |