straitlaced English

Meaning straitlaced meaning

What does straitlaced mean?

straitlaced

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

Synonyms straitlaced synonyms

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prudish

prim

priggish

victorian

tight-laced

strait-laced

straightlaced

straight-laced

square-toed

puritanical

prude

prissy

tight laced

stuffy

stodgy

small-minded

prejudiced

narrow-minded

modest

insular

illiberal

hidebound

demure

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Old fashioned

• What words describe someone who is old fashioned in the way they think or act?
  old fashioned be behind the times be living in the past reactionary straitlaced