| 单词 | po faced |
| 释义 | (adjective) Definition wearing a disapproving stern expression a politically-correct bastion of po-faced self-righteousness Synonyms humourless He was a straight-faced, humourless character. disapproving solemn prim We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. puritanical He has a puritanical attitude towards sex. narrow-minded He's just a narrow-minded bigot. stolid prudish His novels are not for prudish readers. strait-laced He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded. Additional synonymsin the sense of narrow-minded Definition bigoted, intolerant, or prejudiced He's just a narrow-minded bigot. Synonyms intolerant, conservative, prejudiced, biased, provincial, petty, reactionary, parochial, short-sighted, bigoted, insular, opinionated, small-minded, hidebound, illiberal, strait-lacedin the sense of prim Definition affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. Synonyms prudish, particular, formal, proper, precise, stiff, fussy, fastidious, puritanical, demure, starchy (informal), prissy, strait-laced, priggish, anal retentive, schoolmarmish (British, rare), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy (rare) in the sense of prudish His novels are not for prudish readers. Synonyms prim, formal, proper, stuffy, puritanical, demure, squeamish, narrow-minded, starchy (informal), prissy (informal), strait-laced, Victorian, priggish, schoolmarmish (British, informal), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy, overmodest, overnice Nearby words of |
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