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prissy
DEFINITION: (adjective) Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.
SYNONYMS: priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim.
USAGE: A free-spirited party girl, I am the complete opposite of my prissy and well-mannered sister.
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SYNONYMS: priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim.
USAGE: A free-spirited party girl, I am the complete opposite of my prissy and well-mannered sister.
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stifle
DEFINITION: (verb) To keep in or hold back.
SYNONYMS: muffle, repress, strangle, smother.
USAGE: And then the cry which he had tried so hard to stifle broke from his lips.
SYNONYMS: muffle, repress, strangle, smother.
USAGE: And then the cry which he had tried so hard to stifle broke from his lips.
succor
DEFINITION: (noun) Assistance in time of distress.
SYNONYMS: ministration, relief.
USAGE: The dying man's eyes were all the time riveted on the door, through which he hoped succor would arrive.
SYNONYMS: ministration, relief.
USAGE: The dying man's eyes were all the time riveted on the door, through which he hoped succor would arrive.