Prudish Synonyms and Antonyms
pro͝odĭsh
Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
- priggish
- prim
- prissy
- puritanical
- stuffy
- strait-laced
- precise
- smug
- victorian
- rigid
- squeamish
- straightlaced
- narrow-minded
- overnice
- stilted
- mincing
- illiberal
- bluenosed
- bigoted
- pretentious
- genteel
- over-refined
- fastidious
- old-maidish
- conventional
- offish
- stiff
- lily-white
- demure
- narrow
- blue-nosed
- affected
- artificial
- scrupulous
- overexact
- pedantic
- strict
- rigorous
- proper
- simpering
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- schoolgirlish
- square
- oldmaidish
- like a maiden aunt
- prudish as an old maid
- square-toed
- stern
- straitlaced
- timid
- straight-laced
- tight-laced
Synonyms:
(Noun)
- priggishness
- prudery
- squeamishness
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