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prudish::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
| Derivation | prudishness |
Examples of prudish
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It's our prudish refusal to let our children grow up that is to blame, they say.
From the guardian.co.uk
My wife slips a strap too far to the side and the prudish are out and hollering.
From the latimes.com
She was the local gossip, and often provided a prudish, old-fashioned viewpoint.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I thought my grandmother might be a bit more prudish about the film but she wasn't.
From the newsandstar.co.uk
A suitably Presbyterian answer that befits my prudish heritage entirely well.
From the nzherald.co.nz
If I had been brought up in a prudish household, perhaps I would think differently.
From the sacbee.com
At first glance, Apple's move appears either prudish or hypocritical or both.
From the abcnews.go.com
Some say that we shouldn't care about just words, that objecting is prudish.
From the sfgate.com
Where the Reagan Democrats were somewhat prudish, the new group is tolerant.
From the economist.com
- Priggish: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- (prudishly) in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"
- (prudishness) primness: excessive or affected modesty
- A prude (Old French prude meaning honourable woman) is a person who is described as (or would describe themselves as) being concerned with decorum or propriety, significantly in excess of normal prevailing community standards. ...
- Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters
- (prudishness) The condition of being prudish; prudery
- (Prudishness) Since the whole point of reading Latin is to connect with minds across the ages, it doesn't make sense to limit the scope of what you can comprehend. ...
