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[ adjective ] exaggeratedly proper

Synonyms

straitlaced prim prudish square-toed prissy straightlaced tight-laced victorian priggish

Examples

"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

Related terms

proper

2
[ adjective ] of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

Related terms

puritan Puritanism

3
[ adjective ] exaggeratedly proper

Synonyms

straitlaced prim prudish square-toed straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced prissy tight-laced victorian priggish

Examples

"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

Related terms

proper

4
[ adjective ] morally rigorous and strict

Synonyms

puritan puritanic blue

Examples

"blue laws" "the puritan work ethic" "puritanic distaste for alcohol" "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

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nonindulgent

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Rhymes with

botanical tyrannical electromechanical mechanical conical chronicle ironical nickel radical identical ecumenical geographical viatical graphical neoclassical classical magical fanatical problematical sabbatical clavicle typographical ethnical mathematical autobiographical grammatical biographical anatomical cynical conical prototypical satirical atypical rabbinical identical preclinical rhetorical untypical commonsensical historical nonsensical clinical stereotypical technical nontechnical typical topical methodical practical ecclesiastical tactical comical mythical impractical theatrical astronomical economical uneconomical tackle chemical physical lyrical hysterical strategical bicycle psychical follicle ankle biochemical electrochemical photochemical petrochemical mythological critical gynecological theological geological morphological radiological astronautical methodological zoological meteorological cackle metaphysical metaphorical teleological archaeological technological eschatological diabolical logical umbilical ecological empirical psychological analytical immunological ideological illogical icicle astrological hypocritical dermatological chronological apolitical political virological geopolitical physiological tropical inimical tricycle phonological philosophical pharmacological categorical periodical pedagogical popsicle toxicological pathological farcical particle sociological ornithological uncritical paradoxical cyclical ontological archeological epidemiological biological nonpolitical serological neurological semitropical hypercritical mickle rankle liturgical antithetical vehicle pumpernickel hypothetical unethical ethical optical article tickle mystical asymmetrical testicle metrical egotistical logistical symmetrical acoustical stickle dialectical cylindrical geometrical statistical elliptical skeptical electrical medical metallurgical vehicle surgical nonsurgical radical theoretical evangelical clerical helical heretical alphabetical spherical biomedical numerical impractical practical grammatical clavicle vertical cervical whimsical pickle sickle fickle crackle rascal grackle gaskell monocle musical cubicle lackadaisical cuticle

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

puritanically puritanic Puritanism

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