What is "prudish" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does prudish mean in English? Meaning of prudish definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "prudish" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "prudish": exaggeratedly proper

Adjective

Meaning: exaggeratedly proper

Example: my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

Synonyms: priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced straitlaced tight-laced victorian

Similar: proper

Adjective: of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters

Synonyms:

puritanical, prissy, fastidious, squeamish, uptight, narrow-minded, Victorian, affected, artificial, austere, bigoted, conventional, demure, finicky, genteel, illiberal, mincing, narrow, precise, pretentious, priggish, prim, proper, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, square, starchy, stern, stiff, stilted, straitlaced, stuffy, offish, overexact, overmodest, overnice, simpering,

Antonyms:

brave, extroverted, bold, outgoing,

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