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
- affable
- breezy
- carefree
- careless
- devil-may-care
- easygoing
- flexible
- happy-go-lucky
- imprudent
- indiscriminating
- lackadaisical
- laid-back
- lax
- lenient
- loose
- low-pressure
- permissive
- relaxed
- uncritical
- undemanding
- undiscriminating
- unfastidious
- unfussy
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.
Related Words
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ultrafastidious
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- demanding
- discerning
- discriminating
- exacting
- fastidious
- faultfinding
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- fussbudgety
- fussy
- hypercritical
- hyperfastidious
- insightful
- knowledgeable
- meticulous
- nice
- niminy-piminy
- old-maidish
- overcritical
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- particular
- peevish
- pernickety
- persnickety
- petulant
- picky
- prickly
- prim
- prissy
- punctilious
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dandyish
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- overnice
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- womanish
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effeminate
effete
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- dastardly
- debased
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- decayed
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- demoralized
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- effeminate
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- epicene
- exhausted
- failing
- faint
- fainthearted
- far-gone
- feeble
- feminine
- flabby
- flaccid
- flagging
- flimsy
- foppish
- forceless
- fragile
- frail
- fruitless
- girlie
- girlish
- girly
- groggy
- harmed
- hurt
- immoral
- impaired
- impotent
- impuissant
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- ineffective
- ineffectual
- infecund
- infertile
- infirm
- injured
- invalid
- invertebrate
- irresolute
- lamblike
- lame
- languid
- lily-livered
- limp-wristed
- low
- meek
- milk-and-water
- namby-pamby
- nebbishy
- nerveless
- obsolete
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- overnice
- overrefined
- overripe
- paralyzed
- played-out
- pliable
- poltroon
- powerless
- precious
- prissy
- prostrate
- prostrated
- pusillanimous
- resistless
- rocky
- sapped
- sappy
- sissified
- sissy
- slight
- soft
- softened
- spent
- spineless
- spinsterish
- sterile
- submissive
- susceptible
- tender
- timid
- tired
- unfruitful
- unmanly
- unnerved
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- unprolific
- unresistant
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- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- vacillating
- villainous
- vitiated
- vulnerable
- waning
- washed-out
- washed-up
- wasted
- weak
- weak-kneed
- weakened
- weakling
- weary
- wet
- wimpish
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- womanish
- womanlike
- womanly
- woozy
- worn-out
- yielding