straight-laced English

Meaning straight-laced meaning

What does straight-laced mean?

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

What other words have the same or similar meaning as straight-laced?

tight-laced strait-laced straightlaced square-toed prudish prim victorian straitlaced puritanical prissy priggish rigorous po-faced

straight | laced