Local English word record

straight-laced

adjective · 1 sense

exaggeratedly proper

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Examples

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

Word relationships

Synonyms

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

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