'Prudish' definitions:
Definition of 'prudish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
Definition of 'Prudish'
From: GCIDE
- Prudish \Prud"ish\, a. Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. [1913 Webster]
- A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. --Garrick. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prudish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- austere,
- censorious,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- conscientious,
- critical,
- decorous,
- demure,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- formal,
- fussy,
- genteel,
- hidebound,
- meticulous,
- mid-Victorian,
- narrow,
- old-maidish,
- overmodest,
- particular,
- perfectionistic,
- picky,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- priggish,
- prim,
- prissy,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- puristic,
- puritanic,
- puritanical,
- Quakerish,
- rigid,
- sanctimonious,
- scrupulous,
- selective,
- sensitive,
- severe,
- smug,
- squeamish,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stiff-necked,
- strait-laced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stuffy,
- Victorian