overnice

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsdaintyniceprissysqueamish

   Similarfastidious

Questions about overnice

What does overnice mean?

overnice means "excessively fastidious and easily disgusted".

How many syllables are in overnice?

overnice has 3 syllables: o-ver-nice. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for overnice?

Close synonyms include dainty, nice, prissy, squeamish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overnice a common word?

overnice is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.