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old-maidish

The word “old-maidish” has 3 syllables: old-maid-ish

It's pronounced as /ˌoʊldˈmeɪ.dɪʃ/

What is synonym and antonym for old-maidish?

In the thesaurus, “old-maidish” has 59 synonyms and 23 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for old-maidish along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for old-maidish

  • captious
  • careful
  • carping
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • choosey
  • choosy
  • critical
  • dainty
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • exacting
  • fastidious
  • fault-finding
  • faultfinding
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • fussbudgety
  • fussy
  • hypercritical
  • hyperfastidious
  • insightful
  • knowledgeable
  • meticulous
  • nice
  • niminy-piminy
  • overcritical
  • overdemanding
  • overparticular
  • overscrupulous
  • painstaking
  • particular
  • peevish
  • pernickety
  • persnickety
  • petulant
  • picky
  • precious
  • precise
  • prickly
  • prim
  • prim and proper
  • prissy
  • proper
  • prudish
  • punctilious
  • queasy
  • queazy
  • respectable
  • scrupulous
  • selective
  • squeamish
  • strait-laced
  • touchy
  • ultrafastidious
  • well-mannered

Antonyms for old-maidish

Example Sentences

  • Her old-maidish habits made her seem much older than she really was.
  • He found her old-maidish concern for tidiness amusing.
  • The teacher’s old-maidish attitude made her very strict with the students.
  • She had an old-maidish way of organizing everything perfectly.
  • His old-maidish disapproval of modern fashion made him seem out of touch.

On this page you'll find 82 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to old-maidish, such as: affable, breezy, captious, carefree, careful, careless, carping.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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