Hyphenation of prissy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prissy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pris-sy

Definitions of prissy:

1.	Exaggeratedly proper My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
2.	Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Synonyms of prissy:

adj	priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, proper
adj	dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish, fastidious

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.