| 释义 |
View usage for: (pruːdɪʃ) adjectiveIf you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. [disapproval] I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene. Synonyms: prim, formal, proper, stuffy More Synonyms of prudish prudishness uncountable noun Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness. prudish in American English (ˈprudɪʃ) adjective like or characteristic of a prude; too modest or proper Derived forms prudishly (ˈprudishly) adverb prudishness (ˈprudishness) noun Examples of 'prudish' in a sentenceprudish His novels are not for prudish readers. Synonyms formal proper Victorian schoolmarmish (British, informal) old-maidish (informal) niminy-piminy overmodest overnice Opposites liberal , open-minded , permissive , broad-minded Additional synonymsa demure middle-aged librarian Synonyms coy, prim, bashful, prudish, prissy (informal), strait-laced, affected, priggish, niminy-piminy 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-lacedHe was a priggish, self-righteous little sneak. Synonyms self-righteous, smug, stiff, stuffy, prim, puritanical, narrow-minded, pedantic, starchy (informal), self-satisfied, prudish, goody-goody (informal), holier-than-thou- prudence
- prudent
- prudery
- prudish
- prune
- prurient
- pry
Additional synonymsDefinition prim and prudish the prissy and puritanical heroine of the novel Synonyms prim, precious, fussy, fastidious, squeamish, prudish, finicky, strait-laced, anal retentive, schoolmarmish (British, informal), old-maidish (informal), niminy-piminy, overnice, prim and proper Definition strict in moral or religious outlook He has a puritanical attitude towards sex. Synonyms strict, forbidding, puritan, stuffy, narrow, severe, proper, stiff, rigid, disapproving, austere, fanatical, bigoted, prim, ascetic, narrow-minded, prudish, strait-lacedDefinition easily shocked or upset by unpleasant sights or events A meeting with this man is not for the socially squeamish. Synonyms fastidious, particular, delicate, nice (rare), scrupulous, prudish, prissy (informal), finicky, strait-laced, punctilious (formal) Definition (of a person's behaviour) very formal and humourless The poses were starchy, the smiles a shade false. Synonyms formal, stiff, stuffy, conventional, precise, prim, punctilious (formal), ceremoniousDefinition having a strict code of moral standards He was criticized for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded. Synonyms puritanical, proper, prim, narrow, Victorian, strict, narrow-minded, moralistic, of the old school, prudish, old-maidish (informal), overscrupulous, niminy-piminy Definition old-fashioned and very formal stuffy attitudes Synonyms staid, conventional, dull, old-fashioned, deadly (informal), dreary, pompous, formal, prim, stilted, musty, stodgy, uninteresting, humourless, fusty, strait-laced, priggish, as dry as dust, old-fogeyish, niminy-piminy, prim and proper |