prudish

prudish
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. prim, demure, precious, affected, precise. See affectation. Ant., liberal, open.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. overnice, stilted, mincing, precise, narrow-minded, illiberal, bigoted, prissy, priggish, over-refined, fastidious, stuffy, conventional, offish, stiff, smug, strait-laced, demure, narrow, puritanical, blue-nosed*, affected, artificial, scrupulous, overexact, pedantic, pretentious, strict, rigid, rigorous, simpering, finical, finicking, finicky, squeamish, schoolgirlish, oldmaidish, like a maiden aunt, prudish as an old maid; see also prim .
Ant. sociable*, broad-minded, genial.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
*goody-goody, prissy, squeamish, Victorian, puritanical, strict, overnice, *uptight, straitlaced, prim, starchy, priggish.
ANT.: wild, loose, wanton, abandoned
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idiom: prim and proper. See PLAIN.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prudish — 1717, from PRUDE (Cf. prude) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Prudishly; prudishness …   Etymology dictionary

  • prudish — *prim, priggish, prissy, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy Analogous words: *rigid, strict: stern, *severe, austere: formal, conventional, solemn (see CEREMONIAL) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prudish — [adj] shy and strict in behavior affected, artificial, austere, bigoted, conventional, demure, fastidious, finicky*, genteel, illiberal, mincing, narrow, narrow minded, offish, overexact, overmodest, overnice, precise, pretentious, priggish*,… …   New thesaurus

  • prudish — [pro͞o′dish] adj. like or characteristic of a prude; too modest or proper prudishly adv. prudishness n …   English World dictionary

  • prudish — adj. prudish about * * * [ pruːdɪʃ] prudish about …   Combinatory dictionary

  • prudish — [[t]pru͟ːdɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. I m not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene. Derived words: prudishness N UNCOUNT… …   English dictionary

  • prudish — prudent, prudential, prudish While prudent is a judgemental word meaning ‘circumspect, judicious’, prudential is merely descriptive in identifying actions and attitudes that have to do with prudence, e.g. prudential motives are motives determined …   Modern English usage

  • prudish — prud|ish [ˈpru:dıʃ] adj very easily shocked by things relating to sex used to show disapproval ▪ American culture is in many ways still fairly prudish. >prudery n [U] >prudishly adv >prudishness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prudish — adjective it s unusual to find someone so young and yet so prudish Syn: puritanical, priggish, prim, prim and proper, moralistic, pietistic, sententious, censorious, straitlaced, Victorian, old maidish, governessy, fussy, stuffy, strict; informal …   Thesaurus of popular words

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