strait-laced English

Meaning strait-laced meaning

What does strait-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 strait-laced?

tight-laced straightlaced straight-laced square-toed prudish victorian straitlaced puritanical prissy prim priggish strict stiff sticky rigorous

strait | laced