puritanical

pu·ri·tan·i·cal

adj \ˌpyu̇r-ə-ˈta-ni-kəl\

Definition of PURITANICAL

1

: of, relating to, or characterized by a rigid morality

2

: puritan

— pu·ri·tan·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of PURITANICAL

1. <some of the state laws concerning sexual behavior are vestiges of a more puritanical time and are rarely, if ever, enforced>

First Known Use of PURITANICAL

1604

Related to PURITANICAL

Synonyms: bluenosed, nice-nelly, prim, prudish, straitlaced, Victorian

Related Words: priggish, staid, stuffy; genteel, proper, refined; decent, honest, moral, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

Near Antonyms: liberated, permissive; bad, immoral, improper, indecent, lax, lecherous, lickerish, loose, prurient, wicked; skanky [slang], slatternly, sleazy, sluttish, slutty, trampy; debauched, degenerate, degraded, depraved, perverted

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