puritanical English

Meaning puritanical meaning

What does puritanical mean?

puritanical

— adjective of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

— adjective (= puritanic) morally rigorous and strict the puritan work ethic puritanic distaste for alcohol she was anything but puritanical in her behavior

— adjective (= straitlaced) exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

Synonyms puritanical synonyms

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puritanic

victorian

tight-laced

straitlaced

strait-laced

straightlaced

straight-laced

square-toed

puritan

prudish

prissy

prim

priggish

blue

stringent

strict

stern

severe

rigorous

precise

hard

frightened

dry

disciplinarian

crucial

censorious

austere

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Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled

• What words describe someone who is self-controlled?
  self-controlled ascetic austere careful conscientious controlled disciplined discreet moderate provident prudent puritanical restrained sober-minded stoic tempered tolerant unsparing