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Definition of prudish in English: prudishadjective ˈpruːdɪʃˈprudɪʃ Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. the prudish moral climate of the late 19th century Example sentencesExamples - Our great-grandparents were rather less prudish than we might imagine.
- The book chronicles her sexual encounters with the various men who replied and, despite my initial, rather prudish shock, I found myself saluting her courage.
- Mr S was very prudish and old-fashioned in thinking he could shield his children from his playboy reputation.
- But the family had never been prudish about nudity, Danny, a nurse, explained.
- Sex is a part of life and I felt we were being a bit prudish not showing any.
- But in the prudish 1840s, women were expected to know their place - and it did not involve depicting headstrong, passionate women who became enamoured with married men.
- The film is perfunctory, even prudish, in its depiction of sex and refuses to acknowledge Aids.
- It's not that they are at all prudish or old fashioned, or even disapproving of my having a sexually active lifestyle; the opposite in fact.
- Another thing that worries me is how prudish people are about nudity, and sex.
- It's not that Paul swears a lot or that I'm prudish about bad language, it's just a surprise to see his glossy showman veneer crack a little.
- My guess is that quite a few parents who don't particularly care about sex in the papers on their own account suddenly develop prudish tendencies when their child reads about it.
- What likewise astonishes is how Victorian, prudish, and ultra-conservative in thought most of us really are despite the claim to modernity and non-traditionalism.
- The Victorian age was supposed to have been temperate, prudish, serious and industrious, rather like the good Queen herself.
- He was religious and prudish, which is one of the main reasons why the novels of his era do not feature any sex.
- The Euripides story tells of a young and prudish king who tries to stop a vengeful God and his band of tutu-clad Bacchae from corrupting the women of his kingdom - including his own mother, Agave.
- Much of America adopts a prudish attitude to betting.
- Parents tend to a have a prudish, Victorian hangover about sex education in this country - it's pathetic.
- But only the most prudish will have been shocked by the news that Huntington Working Men's Club has finally allowed women into its games room.
- In 1948, Professor Alfred C. Kinsey published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, dropping a proverbial bomb of sexual information on a largely misinformed and prudish culture.
- His hero was promptly rechristened Rodolfo, and Cammarano also argued, to Verdi's annoyance, that the prudish Neapolitan audience would never accept a prince's mistress on stage.
Synonyms puritanical, puritan, priggish, prim, prim and proper, formal, moralistic, strait-laced, prissy, mimsy, stuffy, niminy-piminy, Victorian, old-maid, old-maidish, schoolmistressy, schoolmarmish, governessy informal goody-goody, starchy rare Grundyish
Derivatives adverb ˈpruːdɪʃ(ə)liˈprudɪʃli Surprisingly for a French film of the postwar era, Ne de Pere Iconnu is often prudishly old-fashioned. Example sentencesExamples - I always turn up to the gym ready to start, and either go home stinky or run prudishly to the showers and change there.
- In England, you can ask for 'the bog' if you are in a pub, 'the little boy's room' or 'the girl's room' if you are in prudishly polite company.
noun ˈpruːdɪʃnəsˈprudɪʃnəs The question for Lovelace, in Clarissa, is whether female virtue is more than prudishness: ‘whether her frost be frost indeed’. Example sentencesExamples - Kits were designed to cover every inch of visible flesh but they survived long after such heavily mannered prudishness had deceased.
- This prudishness is no doubt a result of my mother's insistence on trotting me out of the house with my vest tucked into my pants on a daily basis until I was about 12 years old.
- The virginal Mina (Cindy Marie Small) is no shrinking violent and is understandably exasperated by the Victorian prudishness of fiancé Jonathan Harker.
- The prudishness was still present in some of the Victorian bathing costumes, but the mood was light-hearted in the mineral pools and blasting wall.
Definition of prudish in US English: prudishadjectiveˈprudɪʃˈpro͞odiSH Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. the prudish moral climate of the late 19th century Example sentencesExamples - Our great-grandparents were rather less prudish than we might imagine.
- The Euripides story tells of a young and prudish king who tries to stop a vengeful God and his band of tutu-clad Bacchae from corrupting the women of his kingdom - including his own mother, Agave.
- He was religious and prudish, which is one of the main reasons why the novels of his era do not feature any sex.
- It's not that Paul swears a lot or that I'm prudish about bad language, it's just a surprise to see his glossy showman veneer crack a little.
- The Victorian age was supposed to have been temperate, prudish, serious and industrious, rather like the good Queen herself.
- It's not that they are at all prudish or old fashioned, or even disapproving of my having a sexually active lifestyle; the opposite in fact.
- Sex is a part of life and I felt we were being a bit prudish not showing any.
- But the family had never been prudish about nudity, Danny, a nurse, explained.
- The film is perfunctory, even prudish, in its depiction of sex and refuses to acknowledge Aids.
- Another thing that worries me is how prudish people are about nudity, and sex.
- His hero was promptly rechristened Rodolfo, and Cammarano also argued, to Verdi's annoyance, that the prudish Neapolitan audience would never accept a prince's mistress on stage.
- What likewise astonishes is how Victorian, prudish, and ultra-conservative in thought most of us really are despite the claim to modernity and non-traditionalism.
- Much of America adopts a prudish attitude to betting.
- Parents tend to a have a prudish, Victorian hangover about sex education in this country - it's pathetic.
- But in the prudish 1840s, women were expected to know their place - and it did not involve depicting headstrong, passionate women who became enamoured with married men.
- The book chronicles her sexual encounters with the various men who replied and, despite my initial, rather prudish shock, I found myself saluting her courage.
- My guess is that quite a few parents who don't particularly care about sex in the papers on their own account suddenly develop prudish tendencies when their child reads about it.
- But only the most prudish will have been shocked by the news that Huntington Working Men's Club has finally allowed women into its games room.
- In 1948, Professor Alfred C. Kinsey published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, dropping a proverbial bomb of sexual information on a largely misinformed and prudish culture.
- Mr S was very prudish and old-fashioned in thinking he could shield his children from his playboy reputation.
Synonyms puritanical, puritan, priggish, prim, prim and proper, formal, moralistic, strait-laced, prissy, mimsy, stuffy, niminy-piminy, victorian, old-maid, old-maidish, schoolmistressy, schoolmarmish, governessy
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