Strait-laced synonyms
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Part of speech:
Tense; not relaxed.
Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber:
prudish (related)
Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.
Alternative spelling of blue-nosed.
Elegantly stylish or fashionable:
Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
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Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
The definition of prissy is someone fussy and overly proper, or clothing with a lot of fancy elements.
Designating an adjective formed from a proper noun, as Bostonian
Extremely or excessively strict in matters of morals and religion
The definition of stuffy is a nose that is full of mucus, or a room that is not properly ventilated, or a conservative or stodgy person.
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Showing, variously, the middle-class respectability, prudery, bigotry, etc. generally attributed to Victorian England
prim and proper
plain (related)
Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration:
(Now Rare) Old-fashioned; conservative
exaggeratedly proper
exaggeratedly proper
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exaggeratedly proper
Find another word for strait-laced. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for strait-laced, like: strict, severe, stiff, prudish, bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim and prissy.
